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01-12-2011, 08:18 AM
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the totally sentient thread!

Let us begin with the definition of sentience? Does one need a body and physical mind to exist?
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01-12-2011, 08:20 AM
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a living thing does, except plants of course, and about the title, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!

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01-12-2011, 08:23 AM
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???What about trees, unless it's an ent a tree cannot think, or can it? If it can't it isn't sentient surely.
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01-12-2011, 08:32 AM
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ive just put all plants!
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01-12-2011, 08:32 AM
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Oi vay this thread isn't going to last long.
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01-12-2011, 08:43 AM
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why is that?
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01-12-2011, 08:47 AM
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Plants may have feelings. There is evidence for and against the idea.
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01-12-2011, 08:48 AM
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They need sensory neurones though and a functioning brain like organ to register pain and other feelings. So there's no evidence at all to suggest they can feel.
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01-12-2011, 08:51 AM
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I suppose. It would be cool though.
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01-12-2011, 08:54 AM
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I suppose a person could base an argument perhaps on the evolutionary prowess and apparent understanding of a plants surroundings but is this simply complex evolution?
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01-12-2011, 08:57 AM
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Everything you do to a plant's environment will affect it in some way, if indirectly. This may make the plant seem intelligent.
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01-12-2011, 09:00 AM
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Perhaps it depends on how long it takes for the plant to adapt?

Ok, perhaps a basic plant...I don't know, elephant grass, which was growing in perfect soil suddenly found itself hanging on the edge of a cliff and after a few generations, all it's daughter plants had evolved specialised roots to better grip poor quality soil, then is this intelligence?

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01-12-2011, 09:05 AM
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Well it would happen if the ones without specialised roots died, as that's how evolution works. But you knew that already.
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01-12-2011, 09:09 AM
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You hope

Yer but what I mean is what if the plant managed to create a new root system in just a few generations, that's whacky and some plants seem to be able to evolve this fast albeit in more minor ways.
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01-12-2011, 09:13 AM
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some plants are very intelligent, think about venus fly traps?
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More evolution.
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If it turns out that plants do have feelings, what will the vegetarians eat?

I'm not saying they do.
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'tha hell did I get here? Apparently the forum says I subscribed it!? Oh well...

It shouldn't be hard to believe that plants don't have feelings, right? They're way too stationary to have feelings, they would get depressed easily. Unless it's a super mario plant. Man, those things bite.
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01-12-2011, 02:14 PM
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Im not sure if plants are intelligent or not, someone told me there was a type of tree that walked but I'm not entirely sure if he was being truthful or just pulling my chain (I can be very gullable, (incorrectly spelt))
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Fuck it, I'm not going to start correcting the science in here; I'd be here forever. Which isn't necessary a bad thing, but you morons would be here too.

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Not necessarily. I'm only vegan knowing I can do so safely and healthily; if I couldn't live avoiding food that used to think and feel, I wouldn't choose to not live.
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I'm so glad BM hasn't hit this thread yet, and hopefully never will.
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I hope he does hit it, I get to learn science stuff
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I wonder if you can measure the IQ of a plant.

And ya Bullet Magnet would tell everyone how much of a dumbass we all are/ explain the fallacies of all your crackpot theories. But this is probably not worth it.
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I wonder if you can measure the IQ of a plant.

And ya Bullet Magnet would tell everyone how much of a dumbass we all are/ explain the fallacies of all your crackpot theories. But this is probably not worth it.
I wouldnt like the bit of him calling us morons but I have no problem with him explaining the faults of our theories, I'm interested in what he would say about this
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He'd say "This is dumb, let's have some french fries!"

He wouldn't actually say that.

Anyway, isn't there a way to quarantine this thread or something? We got the three worst posters (by popular opinion) in here!
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I'm evolutioning plants to have intelligence through a Lamarckian breeding programme. I've already produced a fuschia that passes the Turing test.
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I'm evolutioning plants to have intelligence through a Lamarckian breeding programme. I've already produced a fuschia that passes the Turing test.
That explains a lot of your recent posts.
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