Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to science@lemmy.world · 15 days agoPlants Really Do 'Scream'. We've Simply Never Heard Them Until Nowwww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down150
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minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·13 days agoWell, not in any way that we can relate to anyway. But that was the same with animals much earlier.
minus-squareheraplem@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoHow much earlier are we talking? I bet if you asked prehistoric hunter-gatherers whether they thought animals experienced pain, they woulds say yes. The idea that animals were automata comes from Descartes.
Well, not in any way that we can relate to anyway. But that was the same with animals much earlier.
How much earlier are we talking? I bet if you asked prehistoric hunter-gatherers whether they thought animals experienced pain, they woulds say yes. The idea that animals were automata comes from Descartes.