Bill,
A number of studies have suggested that plants have feelings, but all
seem to have been flawed or misinterpreted. Often these are school
projects with no replicaton. Plants do have electrical impulses in some
cases, as for example, the Venus flytrap. And plants may seemingly
respond to people talking to them, but that might also be attributed to
beneficial CO2 from human breathing. If you tell us the arguments your
colleagues use in sup****t of their contention, we might be able to
provide better arguments.
Janice Glime, Professor
Michigan Technological University
shawnvsmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> I need help, I know this may sound ridiculous but here goes.
>
> I am having a debate with coworkers.
> I say that plants do not have feelings but my coworkers say that they
> do.
>
> I think this is ridiculous and I wish I had not got involved.
>
> I explained that it is impossible for plants to have feelings like
> people because they do not have a nervous system and brain and that
> plants are living organisms which react to different stimuli and
> chemical processes such as Photosynthesis.
>
> But this did not register with them so I made no headway.
>
> I need Biologists and Botanists give me some information concerning
> this matter so that I can put some real credibility to this issue.
>
> Cordially
>
> Bill Vereen
>
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