TL,DR: Plants are aware and more conscious than we think. Click the link for a deep dive into plant consciousness and scientific experiments proving this.
https://youtu.be/yGMlEJ4B2pg?si=Pv_H3gmo4abXwykc
Hi,
I recently came across the book "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins and I found it very profound, almost life altering, to think that plants can feel and sense our thoughts and emotions. There's a lot of anecdotal evidence for this but I was most interested in the experiments done to prove this scientifically and I made a video/podcast that goes through the most interesting topics of the book. At the 3 minute mark I also included a MythBusters clip proving plants can sense thoughts (I totally thought they would disprove this being such a mainstream show, but was completely blown away with the results.
I thought I would post it here to help the video gain some visibility and help share this knowledge with the world. Please note I used Google's NotebookLM audio generation feature to create the narration for the video. It's pretty good but I did my best to edit out any irregularities in the voices that can happen at times. It's not like your standard annoying ai voices so I hope you'll find it pleasant to listen to.
Let me know what you all think and I hope I've been able to show some of you something new and possibly change the way you see and interact with plants around you.
Note To Moderators: I am not making any money from this video I am posting it to help bring awareness to this topic. Please let me know if this goes against community guidelines and I will take it down.
by PsionicSombie
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The book has been criticized by botanists such as Arthur Galston for endorsing pseudoscientific claims. According to Galston and physiologist Clifford L. Slayman many of the claims in the book are false or unsupported by independent verification and replicable studies.
Botanist Leslie Audus noted that the book is filled with nonsensical “outrageous” claims and should be regarded as fiction.