Animism

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Animism

• and plant perception
• pseudoscience
• or just stuff that we dont know yet?

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• First, lets see where plants are in relation
  to other organisms.

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Mama, Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppellin have killed my
Petunia!
The effect of music on plants or
Dorothy Retallack (1973) working with the plants
used in music experiments.
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Hey, dont you dare scare my Petunia!
Backster, C. 1968. Evidence of a Primary
Perception in Plant Life. International Journal
of Parapsychology 10 329-348.
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Kirlian Effect
Gas Discharge Visualization (GDV) technique
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Plants can see other plantsPlants can make
intelligent decisions.
Cuscuta (dodder) can see and choose its host.
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Plants can speak chemistry languages
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The root channel
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How can plants do all these without a nervous
system?
???
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See some amazing papers at http//131.220.103.188
/ahlavacka/AG-Volkmann/plantneuro/neuroview.php
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Actin-based domains for cell-to-cell communication
Plant formins come of age something special
about cross-walls Frantiek Baluka, Andrej
Hlavacka New Phytologist 2005. 1683 499