What do you think about Plants feelings pain?!
I want to see what you would say in response to this..and I will show you my response also.
This is what the person said "Experiments have sown that plants can feel pain and they also react to the pain of other organisms in the area, and plants even respond to the intent of harm toward the plant. Experiments also showed that the plant recognizes the assailant who hurt a plant and react with a high level of energy (which could be translated as fear) so why is it okay according to Vegans/Vegetarians to eat plants? You can't see them or hear them in pain with your normal senses, but with technology we can observe that they feel, suffer and remember.
(What he/she said about mine)-->.."I love the last one "Plants can feel the pain, they just can't perceive it" this is nonsense, if it feels pain it is perceiving it, just because it doesn't have a human CNS doesn't mean it doesn't have a system of it's own for sentience."
This is my comment-->" "Definition: Central Nervous System-"The central nervous system is divided into two parts: the brain and the spinal cord."
Plants do not have a central nervous system.
But plants do react to something harming it.
The way it reacts is not the same as an animal.
They can feel but they cant perceive it the same without a brain.
In reply to your comment---->"I love the last one "Plants can feel the pain, they just can't perceive it" this is nonsense, if it feels pain it is perceiving it, just because it doesn't have a human CNS doesn't mean it doesn't have a system of it's own for sentience."
Do not use quotes when that is NOT what I said.----> "Plants can feel the pain, they just can't perceive it".
What i really said, "They can feel but they cant perceive it the same without a brain."
~Credible Definitions:
"Perceive - To see, to be aware of, to understand" source en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perceive
"Perceive - become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"" source wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
FACTS:
Plants are living
They do have chemical defense mechanisms
They do not have the ability to perceive the pain because they do not have a CNS (brain)
A brain is what perceives the pain
Without knowing they can not perceive
Their defense mechanisms react to outside stimuli
Plants have the ability to adapt to changes in their environment
They are not the same as an animal, because animals have the ability to think and reason
Questions to you:
What credible science experiments show that plants don't have an understanding of pain?
How can you argue that it's not okay to eat plants, when you do it yourself?...contradiction much?
Where are your credible sources? Such as books, documentaries, websites from .org or .gov. or edu...
What do you mean by plants have sentience?
Definitions:
Sentient-Self-aware, choice-making consciousness. Humans and cetaceans (dolphins and whales) are the two sentient species on earth.Source: www.michaelteachings.com/glossary.html
Sentient: 1: responsive to or conscious of sense impressions 2: aware Source:biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/bio3/200…
Are you aware that sentience is the ability to perceive and it's on the human-level or higher intelligence
I hope I enlightened you.
Source(s):
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ns…
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perceive
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
www.michaelteachings.com/glossary.html
kenyon.edu/slonc/bio3/2000projects/poi…
and my own observation"
What do you think?
Answers:
Are you Freaking kidding me? You guys didn't even read her post. If you read it she states that plants DON'T feel pain, and it IS OKAY to eat them. Like for real, you guys are disproving your own theories by saying hers aren't correct. Really, READ THE FREAKING TEXT BEFORE YOU ANSWER.
My brain. Learn to use yours.
*sigh* read this (it seems like you have the gist already): http://wayfaringvegans.weebly.com/plants…
You have got to be kidding me. Plants feel pain so we shouldn't eat them? What are we suppsoed to eat then?
Being able to feel pain doesn't fall into the equation of what I decide to eat. Nothing gets out of this world without feeling pain. Not you, me, your pet dog, or a beef cow. All of us will have a broken heart or a broken leg, a stubbed toe, migraines, pneumonia, an injection, whatever. Everything has pain in their existence at some time or another, whether we eat them or not.
You're not serious, right? You're a vegetarian who doesn't want to eat plants? Here's a dirty little secret for ya....EVERYTHING that we consume was alive at some point. There's nothing you can do about that. If you start worrying that the broccoli is screaming while you're chewing it up, you're going to STARVE TO DEATH. Use some common sense. There is no point worrying about this question because regardless of the answer, you have to eat plants.
Plants don't have a heart. They don't have blood. I'm sure theres evidence to support that they feel pain but you have to keep in mind that Vegetarianism and Veganism isn't about being perfect. Eating a plant based diet is the better solution to a cruelty free diet and lifestyle. There is a big difference between plucking a carrot from the ground and hanging up a cow by its feet and slicing its throat and letting its life painfully eb away. Plus, fruits can be produced without killing the plant from which they come from, so that is sort of a moot point.
Chemical defenses and reactions to stimuli are far from an organism having a central nervous system; and as previously stated, the ability to feel pain requires a central nervous system. Plants do not feel pain. Even if plants did, you would need to eat them to sustain your own life. Additionally, if there were any reason to reduce overall consumption of plants it would still make more sense to remain vegan as farmed animals require a massive amount of crops in order to sustain their lives before they are slaughtered.