Tag: Zoë Schlanger

Close-up of a green plant with sunlight illuminating the leaves on the right side of the image

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 4, 2024

Categorized
Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics

Tagged
Elizabeth Kolbert, Featured, František Baluška, Locked-in syndrome, Paco Calvo, Plant rights, Plants as sentient, Thomas Nagel, Zoë Schlanger}

Three Recent Books Argue for Consciousness in Plants

_{The award-winning environment journalist who reviews the books tackles the question, “If so, is it right to eat even plants?”} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2024

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Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics}

The idea that plants can "feel" things, based on their complex reactions, may stem from a misunderstanding of categories of consciousness. Read More ›

small tree growing with sunshine in garden. eco concept

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
May 5, 2024

Categorized
Human exceptionalism, Plant Mind

Tagged
Plant rights, Zoë Schlanger}

Again with the ‘Plants Are Intelligent’ Nonsense

_{It seems to me that the ultimate point of these “plants are persons too”–type stories is to undermine human exceptionalism} _{Wesley J. Smith
May 5, 2024

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Human exceptionalism, Plant Mind}

Human uniqueness is essential to our duties to each other, our posterity, the humane treatment of animals, and proper husbanding of the environment. Read More ›