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Jellyfish are extremely primitive creatures. Words like "awareness", "care" and "think" are probably about as relevant for a plant.
by tjmc 18y ago
Jellyfish are extremely primitive creatures. Words like "awareness", "care" and "think" are probably about as relevant for a plant.
- josefresco 18y agoNot that long ago we (wrongly) thought the very same about other critters.
- rbanffy 18y agoWell... Without a meaningful nervous system, I bet the odds are pretty low.
- radu_floricica 18y agoYou're assuming awareness requires a nervous system. If a plant dies because of lack of sun or water, you can be sure it's aware of its environment. Conversely, even if a mammal is aware of something doesn't mean it has any meaningful effect on it. Living things tend to be complicated systems, and assuming the nervous system the only part capable of interactions is just a bias. Lots of subsystems are a lot more complex then a primitive cortex (the immune system comes immediately in mind)
- brlewis 18y agoIt looks to me like he carefully phrased it not to assume anything.