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The scientific consensus is that, given that plants don’t have a nervous system, that they can’t process sensory input that is integrated and that produces some experience, coupled with the lack of subjective experience and the chemistry-based explanations for observed behaviors (such as following light etc), under the current definition of “consciousness”, plants are not conscious.


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someothherguyy12/09/2024

> chemistry-based explanations for observed behaviors

Not very convincing, there are chemistry-based explanations for why humans have behavior as well.

> that they can’t process sensory input

You just said they do (*-tropism).

> the lack of subjective experience

How do you know what its like to be a plant?

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