What if consciousness doesn’t require a brain? 🧠 I…
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What if consciousness doesn’t require a brain? 🧠
I recently came across some fascinating research on plant behaviour that made me rethink how we perceive plants.
Experiments involving trees growing towards supports, and acacias responding to herbivory, raise some really interesting questions about plant cognition and awareness.
To be clear, this **doesn't prove that plants are conscious**. But I found the science fascinating enough to make a short video about it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/cAsMoOnfIBE?si=lTP28XLxMNAsbSWA
Curious to hear what you think: **where do you draw the line between complex biological responses and cognition?**
Source: Lahey, S. (2026), *Popular Mechanics*.
#animals
I recently came across some fascinating research on plant behaviour that made me rethink how we perceive plants.
Experiments involving trees growing towards supports, and acacias responding to herbivory, raise some really interesting questions about plant cognition and awareness.
To be clear, this **doesn't prove that plants are conscious**. But I found the science fascinating enough to make a short video about it.
https://youtube.com/shorts/cAsMoOnfIBE?si=lTP28XLxMNAsbSWA
Curious to hear what you think: **where do you draw the line between complex biological responses and cognition?**
Source: Lahey, S. (2026), *Popular Mechanics*.
#animals
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