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How do you know plants don't feel pain?
by viklove 7y ago
How do you know plants don't feel pain?
- DoreenMichele 7y agoNot sure why you are asking this, but there's evidence that plants do feel pain. At least some can emit chemicals to signal to others of their species that they are infested with harmful insects so other plants can begin producing toxins to protect themselves from infestation. Some also emit a pulse when damaged, which one might think if as kind of like a scream, though it's not anything humans can perceive with our innate senses. (At least, not most of us. There may be exceptions. Some humans are abnormally good at sensing magnetic north, etc.)
- jimmaswell 7y agoA stimulus reaction isn't the same thing as "feeling pain", which requires a certain level of consciousness. It's debatable if even lobsters for example have the necessary development.
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- pacamara619 7y agoHaha serotonin printer go brrr