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SWARM THINKING. "In a flock, each bird has only to follow a few simple rules, such as maintaining a prescribed distance from its neighbor, yet the collective effect of a great many birds executing a simple algorithm is a complex and supremely well-coördinated behavior." https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

"PLANT INTELLIGENCE has become, at best, practically synonymous with Darwinian fitness (“adaptively variable behavior” or “ability of an individual to perform in its environment”); at worst, its defense resorts to collecting other incidents of metaphoric use of the word “intelligence” (such as bacterial, immune, species, artificial, plant sensu factory etc., intelligence), or to general arguments about intrinsic value of metaphors in science." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

SPARKING INTEREST. "The concept of plant intelligence, as proposed by Anthony Trewavas, has raised considerable discussion." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

PLANT SWARM INTELLIGENCE. "In place of a brain, “what I am looking for is a distributed sort of intelligence, as we see in the swarming of birds.” (Mancuso). https://lnkd.in/dvFaNgd View in LinkedIn

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PLANT LEARNING. "Their ability to learn from experience and to memorize previous experiences in order to optimize fitness allows effective acclimation to environmental stresses and can be considered a form of intelligence." https://lnkd.in/dg3gaxW View in LinkedIn

INHERITED TOLERANCE. "Plant responses to abiotic and biotic stressors can lead to changes that appear to be ‘memorized’ and influence the stress tolerance of the next generation." https://lnkd.in/d6Sc6nh View in LinkedIn

“SYNTHETIC REACTIONS, that in a factory or laboratory would require heat, pressure and harsh chemicals are performed in every plant cell at ambient temperatures with green reagents. But they did have a 700 million year evolutionary head-start.” https://lnkd.in/d_pqCEE View in LinkedIn