Do you believe that plants have feelings?

Originally Posted by guy incognito

The reaction of the plant to "create more branches to accommodate for the severed limb" is a result of a chemical reaction and is done for the plants survival. It has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence or feelings. It is a reaction to a stimulus.

And the book is propped up by the table. Maybe you should just learn to read period.

A book propped up by a table? Must be a small table, or you live in wonderland with Alice. But whatever, that is irrelevant. Chemical reaction that stimulates cell growth. Hmm. I don't think I need to explain that one.
Stimulus may refer to:

• Stimulus (physiology), something external that influences an activity
• Stimulus (psychology), a concept in behaviorism and perception

^ That sounds like brain activity.

Originally Posted by guy incognito

The reaction of the plant to "create more branches to accommodate for the severed limb" is a result of a chemical reaction and is done for the plants survival. It has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence or feelings. It is a reaction to a stimulus.

And the book is propped up by the table. Maybe you should just learn to read period.

I am sorry but feelings are emotions and emotions are chemical reactions. Am I wrong?

Originally Posted by MellowFarmer

Define Feelings? Would you say Hunger is a feeling? How about the need to climb and be free? Watch this and tell me plants don't have any feelings

Those are survival traits..

Your plants don't have feelings

You guys that believe plants have a conscious mind must prove it to us.. How do you know they have consciousness? I'm guessing that they don't have a consciousness since they don't have a nervous system nor a brain..

Originally Posted by shrxhky420

I agree that we are all connected... Like one big giant oraganism with individual thoughts and feelings... deep man... stay high

This is what I think is the closest to the Truth.

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Of course not. In order to have feelings you have to have emotions, and to have emotions you have to have a conscious mind. I cant believe this is even being debated.

Not to mention if a plant doesn't have a conscious mind why does it have the instinct to survive. Or if is something is in it's way it has the intelligence to move around it. Like humans. If we are walking in the street and a car is coming toward us, we have the instinct and the intelligence to move out of the way.

Originally Posted by SirGreenThumb

A book propped up by a table? Must be a small table, or you live in wonderland with Alice. But whatever, that is irrelevant. Chemical reaction that stimulates cell growth. Hmm. I don't think I need to explain that one.
Stimulus may refer to:

• Stimulus (physiology), something external that influences an activity
• Stimulus (psychology), a concept in behaviorism and perception

^ That sounds like brain activity.

It does, yet they don't have brains...

Originally Posted by MellowFarmer

I am sorry but feelings are emotions and emotions are chemical reactions. Am I wrong?

Yes you are wrong. Or maybe my battery is conscious...