Oh. That makes more sense.

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Ron

Real Jake Jortles energy

Consciousness is an open question. A potato does not perceive the same way as a pig, but a pig does not perceive the same way as a human. Plants communicate and make rudimentary decisions. Once you start getting into questions of degree, you subjectively decide where to draw the line. If you can argue that the line is between animals and plants, then someone else can argue the line is between animals and humans.

It’s intellectually dishonest to pretend our understanding of sentience and sapience is simple and unambiguous.

Plants have no concept of pain without a brain, nervous system or even nerve endings.

Ehhh, questionable.