Trees/plants as sentient beings...thoughts please

[Fungus]

I think he was just having a laugh.

 

It must (again) be your typical British humour, that I fail to understand without lots of added to it.

But all joking apart, what are your thoughts on the subject then ?

[Le Sanglier]

It must (again) be your typical British humour, that I fail to understand without lots of added to it.

But all joking apart, what are your thoughts on the subject then ?

 

Ok then,

Trees/plants as sentient beings? in a word........ No

[sloth]

Ok then,

Trees/plants as sentient beings? in a word........ No

 

And in several words?

[Le Sanglier]

And in several words?

 

Alright then you have lured me in, the key is of course the definition of the word sentient, the OED says "able to perceive or feel things"

It is all semantics of course but I don't think plants are self aware, feel emotion, or in fact any of the things attributed to them by many people on here. I am not saying they are not superb and fascinating things but we tend to anthropomorphise (had to check the spelling) and I think this is a case in point.

unusual for me to expand but I was asked. here are some emoticons for Fungus:thumbup:

[Fungus]

Trees/plants as sentient beings? in a word........ No

 

I can agree on that, but I meant the subject to be pain and stress inflicting on fish as an outdoor "sport".

[Fungus]

1. the key is of course the definition of the word sentient, the OED says "able to perceive or feel things"

2. ... here are some emoticons for Fungus ...

 

1. With the notion, that plants and trees can perceive things and even communicate about what they perceive with plants and other organisms (ectomycorrhizal macrofungi, ants), which doesn't necessarily mean they also can feel things, a characteristic confined to animals with a nervous system such as fish, dogs and humans, in the past evolving in that order.

2. ... who is not a sentient fungus, but a Dutch mushroom hunter called Gerrit with strong human emotions when it comes to the fungal and tree territory .

[Le Sanglier]

I can agree on that, but I meant the subject to be pain and stress inflicting on fish as an outdoor "sport".

 

Oh right sorry, I used to work as a bailiff on a carp fishery in England, so I have a little first hand knowledge, and all I can say is I agree it does seem a bit cruel, some of the bigger fish can be caught many times a year.

Do I believe anything should be done? no probably not: there are many more fields of animal mistreatment that need to be addressed beforehand.

Anyway I hope some day to buy a fishing lake out here and put my saws away for good.

[Le Sanglier]

1. With the notion, that plants and trees can perceive things and even communicate about what they perceive with plants and other organisms (ectomycorrhizal macrofungi, ants), which doesn't necessarily mean they also can feel things, a characteristic confined to animals with a nervous system such as fish, dogs and humans, in the past evolving in that order.

2. ... who is not a sentient fungus, but a Dutch mushroom hunter called Gerrit with strong human emotions when it comes to the fungal and tree territory .

No offence intended just thought it more polite to use your avatar name.

[Fungus]

No offence intended just thought it more polite to use your avatar name.

 

And that's how British differs from Dutch humour , because I - of course - was only joking, so no offence taken .

[sloth]

Alright then you have lured me in, the key is of course the definition of the word sentient, the OED says "able to perceive or feel things"

It is all semantics of course but I don't think plants are self aware, feel emotion, or in fact any of the things attributed to them by many people on here. I am not saying they are not superb and fascinating things but we tend to anthropomorphise (had to check the spelling) and I think this is a case in point.

unusual for me to expand but I was asked. here are some emoticons for Fungus:thumbup:

 

I don't think plants feel emotions, certainly not like we do, as for being self aware I am undecided. Thanks for being lured in!