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Plants are alive, in that they reproduce and react to stimulus, but I don't have any reason to suspect them of awareness, feelings, thoughts, or desires. Everyo
by CobrastanJorji 5y ago
Plants are alive, in that they reproduce and react to stimulus, but I don't have any reason to suspect them of awareness, feelings, thoughts, or desires. Everyone's morals here will be different, but I have to eat something, and I'll choose to eat a lettuce over a puppy any day.
- soperj 5y ago> I don't have any reason to suspect them of awareness, feelings, thoughts, or desires. I don't have any reason to suspect that they don't.
- yboris 5y agoDo you suspect rocks have conscious experiences? With animals there's a clear connection: they have brains and brains is clearly the part that enables us humans to have conscious experiences. The burden of proof of the claim "plants are conscious" is on you.
- soperj 5y ago>brains is clearly the part that enables us humans to have conscious experiences I didn't claim that plants were conscious, and we have no idea what causes the conscious experience. I personally wouldn't say that all humans actually experience consciousness. So no, no clear connection, and no burden either.