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Back in 1966, inquiry officer Cleve Baxter spent interesting experiment. Knowing that lie detectors measure moisture skin (sweating) by galvanic reaction, Cleve connected a cane plant to the device to determine fluid intake. But when he looked at the polygraph, I saw that the reaction curve is very similar to the one people. Further turned out to be even more surprising. Baxter knew that stress provokes the strongest reaction in detector tests lies, and he wondered what would happen if he burned one sheet. Note he did not burn the sheet, but only thought about it. But at that moment the polygraph literally crazy. Cleve repeated the experiment again and again and in eventually concluded that plants can think in some way respond to human intentions. And that means they can and hear us. Since then, for many years this issue has been actively was discussed. We learned that plants have the ability to sense and respond to other plants. But what about consciousness? Ability to draw conclusions? It seems a little far-fetched. And what if this is not so? Recently, two scientists from Yale University published their research on altruism. Most last century, experts convinced us that this phenomenon possible only among people, but over the past 30 years altruism It began to appear with surprising constancy among animals. Such reports led to massive corrections in Darwinian theory natural selection, but there are questions. Times altruism inherent not only to humans and is observed among animals, where can this chain of events lead? For example, plants for the benefit of mankind? Don’t be silly, many say critics. But again, what if it’s not? In an attempt to to study the ability of the yellow touchy to recognize relatives Yale scientists examined plant reactions in two different competitive situations. To study rivalry over the earth they used changes in the quality of lighting for research the underground part took into account the presence of the roots of neighbors. In addition, plants were grown either in familiar groups, or among strangers. In the presence of a family of untouched directed additional resources in the stem. As a result, it lengthened for improved light reception. But at the same time, the plant did not change root growth rate or leaf shape. Most significant the moment was precisely the absence of changes in the pattern of leaf growth. Since light is a growth restriction, in competitive situations untouchable usually directs significant resources precisely on growth leaves (this at the same time gives her a better chance to get a lot light and obscure the neighbors). But in the family circle this is not did. But in the company of strangers impatience really cheated scheme of their actions, directing additional resources to growth leaves. This means that in the presence of their relatives a plant demonstrated altruism. Is this evidence consciousness capable of reading minds? Of course not. But that’s for sure proves that something more is happening than people thought before. And this “greater” is most likely connected precisely with consciousness. In the light global deforestation, this clearly forces to think about it.
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Once plants can think if global cutting is not forest genocide?
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