Plants are able to "remember" and "react" to information contained in light, according to researchers.
Plants, scientists say, transmit information about light intensity and quality from leaf to leaf in a very similar way to our own nervous systems.
These "electro-chemical signals" are carried by cells that act as "nerves" of the plants.
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I think this is pretty interesting, though i would question the methodology of the reactions... "give the plants anergy and they will react" seems pretty obvious. How they get from there to "they can think" seems dubious.
On the other hand there is still the questions of how humans, with their brains actually think. if the brain is like a giant hugely complicated computer which just processes information, where does the free will and the making of choices come from into the equation? How does that happen?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Nightmare.
The day of the triffids.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
They don't have a brain. However, even though humans do, it still makes no sense on how we actually think, especially if you see the brain as a large machine that has cogs and wheels etc, like a complicated computer - because that is not supposed to have free will etc, but simply output depending on what is input without the ability for independent thought.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
The question is how. If you set up a large enough set of dominoes, eventually they are not going to start behaving in a way that is not consistent are they?
If you look at something in the term of mechanics, a machine is supposed to function in a logical and consistent manner - with the same input the output will always be the same unless something changes.
It doesn't have to not have free will. But if you see it like a large cog factory, just exactly where the free will comes from is a good question.
If you see it as too machine like, we have no free will and everything is like a large, hugely large domino effect.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
The question is how. If you set up a large enough set of dominoes, eventually they are not going to start behaving in a way that is not consistent are they?
If you look at something in the term of mechanics, a machine is supposed to function in a logical and consistent manner - with the same input the output will always be the same unless something changes.
It doesn't have to not have free will. But if you see it like a large cog factory, just exactly where the free will comes from is a good question.
If you see it as too machine like, we have no free will and everything is like a large, hugely large domino effect.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.