Chapter
Consciousness in Plants
20:11 - 25:54 (05:42)
The podcast explores the idea of whether plants have consciousness and argues how there may be a conscious experience associated with a pea tendril to start moving in a different way.
Clips
Plants can change the way they grow in response to external stimuli, such as wrapping around objects for stability.
20:11 - 22:39 (02:27)
Summary
Plants can change the way they grow in response to external stimuli, such as wrapping around objects for stability. Research has been done on pea tendrils and found that they can grow slowly in a straight line or more quickly in a coil form.
ChapterConsciousness in Plants
Episode#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this podcast, the speaker uses the analogy of a pea tendril to talk about the consciousness of plants and the potential for them to have some form of a conscious experience.
22:39 - 25:54 (03:15)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker uses the analogy of a pea tendril to talk about the consciousness of plants and the potential for them to have some form of a conscious experience. Although human brains are complex than plants, it's possible to imagine that if a plant had a conscious experience, it could feel a want to move in a certain way.