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Re: Why is cockfighting bad? (was: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line))
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Fri, 21 Jul 2000 19:12:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> I tend to think of nerves and some kind of processor as being needed to really
> consider it sensation. But maybe it's fuzzier than that. I'm not sure your
> plant-based examples count. A rock gets hot when the sun shines...is the rock
> sensing the sun?
The box jellyfish -- posessing eyes but no central nervous system -- sees a
danger and swimg away from it, but does it perceive it?
> Well, we can clearly state that plants don't _know_ anything about their
> surroundings. They don't feel pain. They don't have purpose or drive. They
> autonomically react to chemical etc. stimuli.
It's a matter of degree. The brain is simply a well-tuned bundle of cells
that automatically reacts to chemical stimuli. And a root *will* seek out
nutrients. A stressed tree *will* go into shock. It's the same behavior as
seen in life forms of any level of complexity.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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