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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion

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75 points Bluestein | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 13:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.225s | source
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spacephysics ◴[08 Jul 25 21:55 UTC] No.44504416[source]▶
At what point will we see that plants are conscious, just in a different manner than animals colloquially?
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bullfightonmars ◴[08 Jul 25 22:01 UTC] No.44504454[source]▶
Stimulus-response is not consciousness. There is nothing subjective about this mechanical and chemical response to injury.
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1. stouset ◴[08 Jul 25 23:56 UTC] No.44505086[source]▶
I don't really disagree. But I also can't help but imagine a hyper-advanced alien species thinking the same thing about us due to us lacking some notionally critical (to them) aspect of intelligence/consciousness and paving over the solar system to make room for a hyperspace bypass.