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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion

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75 points Bluestein | 2 comments | 05 Jul 25 13:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.39s | 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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1. CGMthrowaway ◴[09 Jul 25 01:00 UTC] No.44505386[source]▶
This is hormones - which, in humans, are usually explained as working AGAINST active consciousness (e.g. blinded by lust) rather than as an example of it
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2. bdamm ◴[09 Jul 25 01:19 UTC] No.44505476[source]▶
Consciousness is surely more than just cold calculating antipathy.