Who thinks plants have feelings?!


Question: Who thinks plants have feelings!?
I read somewhere that some people think plants have feellings and that they feel bad when they eat them!. I seriously thought about this for about 5 seconds!. What do these people think when they are walking around on the ground!? They are stepping on grass and all kinds of plants!. Just curious!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


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I think that they might!. I have seen some interesting experiments reported on tv shows that shows compelling evidence!. On the other hand, if they DO have feelings, nobody has figured out how they do it since they have no nervous system!.

I think it is very elitist for us to think we know all there is about such things, and many of your answerers display an elitist mentality!.

At the same time, I am not going to stop eating my vegetables!. I just treat plants (and animals) with respect and any interaction I have is with causing them the least amount of damage or pain!.

I mean!.!.!. just because mice can feel pain won't keep me from getting rid of them!. But I won't torture them!. In case plants feel pain, I avoid doing things to harm them unnecessarily!. I'm still going to prune things and mow the yard though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Most people out there don't think twice about plant feelings!. There have been numerous studies where people hook up plants to polygraph tests, and watch them respond to whatever is thrown at them (I mean it in a figurative sense, but it very well could be literal)!.The notion that plants are capable of feeling emotions was first recorded in 1848, when Dr!. Gustav Theodor Fechner, a German professor, suggested the idea in his book Nanna!. He believed that plants are capable of emotions, just like humans or animals, and that one could promote healthy growth by showering plants with talk, attention, and affection!. Read the rest of the below article (under sources) for an immense amount of research on such a crazy idea!.

One of the first to research the concept was the Indian scientist Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, who began to conduct experiments on plants in the year 1900!. He found that every plant and every part of a plant appeared to have a sensitive nervous system and responded to shock by a spasm just as an animal muscle does!.
In addition, Bose found that plants grew more quickly amidst pleasant music and more slowly amidst loud noise or harsh sounds!. He also claimed that plants can "feel pain, understand affection etc!.," from the analysis of the nature of variation of the cell membrane potential of plants, under different circumstances!.

From the people I know, there is more to add on!. My grandfather's friend is one of the psychic detectives that you see on TV (I know, also crazy but look into it and you'll be more convinced)!. He showed some cops that if one person boils shrimp in front of a plant, it not only reacts to that but it reacts to the person who did it!. I'm not too convinced myself, but I do have to admit that if you read below/and or try it yourself your doubt will loosen!.

And finally, there are some people that freak out when they step on/kill anything living, including ants!. That believe is called Jainism, and it originated in India VERRYYYY long ago!. I'm all for their goal, but that would make me insane and put me in a mental instituion!.!.!. But you also must also consider that stepping on grass shouldn't kill it, or nearly every square inch of grass on the planet would be brown and dead!.

P!.S!. I think that plants have more perception than we realize, but as far as feeling emotions and reading minds I'm not too sure!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Plant_perce!.!.!. Plants don't have feelings!.!.!.they have no brain or nervous system for a reason - they don't need one! These people probably have an odd case of OCD wherein they have to feel sorry for every living thing!. Some people may have a condition called Williams Syndrome, this can be characterized by excessive empathy - http://www!.geneclinics!.org/profiles/will!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think they do I thought about that to one time just because they don't have a brain does not mean they don't have feelings
I think one good example is that one plant I don't no whats it's called but its the one plant that eats fly's and other insect's and when they land in their mouth like thing eat it !.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Plants don't have a nervous system, so they can't feel pain, or anything else for that matter!.

There have been tests run on plants using EEG machines etc to see if they feel pain, but you can also hook an EEG machine up to a bowl of Jell-O and you will get a reading!. Does that meen the Jell-O is alive!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

I do!. The guys off of Myth Busters did a test on plants!. They hooked a lie detector up to the plant, and a guy would hit the plant, burn it, and think about doing mean things to it!. And everytime he did something mean, the lie detector would jump up and down, meaning that plants know what's going on, and they can show emotions, we just can't see them!. It was very interesting!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

My personal feelings are that I get more of a pang of regret when I cut a tree or limb than I do when I kill an animal!. I kill pests because they are just that!. pests!. I kill food animals to eat!. However when I cut a tree it is usually because I just do not want it there!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

NO!
Plants don't have a nervous system, they can't feel the pain---they can't feel burns, bullets, and blood!.!.!.
They don't have a brain, therefore they don't have the reaction to run away, or cry, or quiver, emotions like that!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Who thinks plants have feelings!?

The uneducated!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i think it is possible in some form!. i have always heard that plants do better when you talk to them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

read "the secret life of plants" some interesting experiments were done!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no more or less than fish, cattle, or anything else we need for survival!. you should hear my grass scream when i cut it every week!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yeah!.!.!.!. Plants have feelings!. If we touch a plant every day with love it will grow very fast and healthy!. Try it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

they dont have a brain!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

"Who thinks plants have feelings!?"
Around here!? Trolls!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I don't think they do because they have no central nervous stem!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No they do not have feelings!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Now thats just crazy talk!

No plants do not have feelingsWww@FoodAQ@Com

no!. even if they did I would still eat them!. I have to live and i love vegetables :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

pry not they cant cry or smileWww@FoodAQ@Com

no they dontWww@FoodAQ@Com

noWww@FoodAQ@Com

they feel good!Www@FoodAQ@Com

i dont think soWww@FoodAQ@Com

what a load of s***Www@FoodAQ@Com





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