Seems that a lot here hinges on what the word "know" means. Does the response of an object to any treatment warrant the label? Or does "know" imply something else, like awareness. Even "they fight back" seems like a provocative and perhaps unjustified wording, although not as egregious as "know." Does an organism or object reacting imply "fighting back?" If I throw a rock up in the air, is it "fighting back" against gravity when it falls to the ground? Silly example, but does illustrate that "fighting back" does not apply to all reactions of objects. Question is whether the reactions of plants to being eaten are more akin to the rock or to some animate object that can "fight back" and perhaps "know."
Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology University of Winnipeg 204-786-9757 Room 4L41A (4th Floor Lockhart) www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark> From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: October-30-16 6:55 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] Hey Vegans! When Plants Communicate, Do You Listen? Plants apparently respond to "attacks" on them, such as eating them. For a couple of examples. see: http://daily.jstor.org/plants-know-when-they-are-being-eaten-and-they-fight-back/ There is an old story in Zen Buddhism about all living things having Buddha nature and it is a sin to kill and eat, say, animals, because of this. But one day a novice asked a master about plants and whether they had Buddha nature. The mater responded "All living things have Buddha nature". The responded "So when we eats plant, they scream as we eat them?' The master responded "Yes, but they do so very quietly." In contrast, on the Zombie series "The Walking Dead" Carl makes the astute observation: "Everything is food for something else." Yes, indeed. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu<mailto:m...@nyu.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=49798 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-49798-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-49798-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=49799 or send a blank email to leave-49799-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
