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QUACKERY RESPONSE. "Many plant scientists have pushed back hard against the nascent field, beginning with a tart, dismissive letter in response to the Brenner manifesto, signed by thirty-six prominent plant scientists (Alpi et al., in the literature) and published in Trends in Plant Science. “We begin by stating simply that there is no evidence for structures such as neurons, synapses or a brain in plants,” the authors wrote." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

CHAUVINISM. "A common assumption is that only animals with brains can be intelligent. This as pointed out by Vertosick is simple brain chauvinism." https://lnkd.in/d8TRiSE View in LinkedIn

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STEP BACKWARDS. "But in the view of many plant scientists “The Secret Life of Plants” has done lasting damage to their field. Others contend that “The Secret Life of Plants” led to “self-censorship” among researchers seeking to explore the “possible homologies between neurobiology and phytobiology"." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

ENDURING FALSE START. "Much of the science in “The Secret Life of Plants” has been discredited. But the book had made its mark on the culture. Americans began talking to their plants and playing Mozart for them, and no doubt many still do." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

UNFORTUNATE START. "The Secret Life of Plants,” by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, presented a beguiling mashup of legitimate plant science, quack experiments, and mystical nature worship that captured the public imagination at a time when New Age thinking was seeping into the mainstream." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

OLD BEGINNING. "In the now classic exchange between Trewavas and Firn, both interlocutors assumed that the burden of proof lies with the proponents of the new paradigm and their ability to argue convincingly that the entire plant is an individual entity." https://lnkd.in/dn2TKdM View in LinkedIn

MESSY HISTORY. The discussion among academics and the public about plant capabilities has had a messy history, which has set back the topic and scared legitimate investigators off. Regardless, the core facts remain that plants are vastly more than stage props on our planet. View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO PLANTS can change the time of opening, shape, smell and pollinator of their flowers in just eight days. Plant communication documentary. https://lnkd.in/djuSkdD View in LinkedIn