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A little naval-gazy, but I once tried to separate "plants" from "animals" from first principals and had a really hard time. - They both reproduce - They both e
by bgroat 6y ago
A little naval-gazy, but I once tried to separate "plants" from "animals" from first principals and had a really hard time.
- They both reproduce
- They both eat
- They both have some sort of a nervous system
- They both breath
- They both live and die
- waserwill 6y agoWait till you try to find the boundary between species! Many plants, and some animals such as birds, can produce fertile hybrids after being separated for millions of years. Especially true for organisms that have reproductive barriers besides genetic and physical incompatibility (different pollinators, geographic separation, birdsong differences, etc).
- Engineering-MD 6y agoOr ring species [0] which is the extension to your example. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species
- czzr 6y agoI would say - Plants produce their own food and don’t move. No doubt there are edge cases.
- machiaweliczny 6y agoCrazy idea but what if plants are actually higher lvl beings? They are more self-sustainable and helpful to ecosystem than humans. Actually they probably aren't because I guess otherwise all different planets would have them (but hey we are also only here so far). There's interesting question what would god-like(unlimited power over mater and limitless knowledge) entity do? I guess killing oneself and recreating with sprinkle of rng makes some sense after such event as you probably get bored thus I'm speculating that universe could be god itself (if it's bound by same laws of physics - if not then IDK). Don't ask me what I'm smoking :p