Lidocaine works on plants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_gradient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_gradient Changes in bioelectri

Lidocaine works on plants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_gradient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_gradient Changes in bioelectric signals trigger formation of new organs: Tadpoles made to grow eyes in back, tail: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111207175740.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111207175740.h... Like the other commenter below you says: you anthropromorphize and project lowlyness onto the other lifeforms because they lack nervous systems - because they aren't you. A nervous system isn't necessary for consciousness and feeling. What's more vital is information pathways. And plants have plenty of that. We do too as evident by how changing these electrochemical pathways alters our biology.