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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion

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76 points Bluestein | 2 comments | 05 Jul 25 13:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.531s | 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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xelxebar ◴[09 Jul 25 02:09 UTC] No.44505741[source]▶
Good try, plant. We're onto you.

If we're going to agree on anything, I just wish consciousness discussions could agree on some phenomenological referent(s) for the term "consciousness". The word is used in a way that is little more than a sed-replace for elan vital, regaling all discourse to little more than a volley of solipsistic value proclamations IMHO.

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1. Xmd5a ◴[09 Jul 25 06:25 UTC] No.44506861[source]▶
Consciousness is what gets shut down when using anesthetics. Turns out plants react to some.
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2. ACCount36 ◴[09 Jul 25 09:22 UTC] No.44507882[source]▶
So does a VOC sensor in a desktop weather station.