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-**PARN Project\\
+====PARN Project: Human-plant communication - research diary====
-Human-plant communication - research diary**\\
 Lionel
+===Friday 12/08/2011===
-__Thursday 04/07/2011__
+ * About the measurements of action potentials in plants:\\
+[[http://electrochem.cwru.edu/encycl/art-p01-plants.htm|Webpage]] by A.G. Volkov about the electrochemistry of plant life.\\
-° Lybarinth research diary\\
+ * There is a journal for [[http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/mpmi|Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions]]. Beyond a one-year embargo, new articles are in Open Access ([[wp>Delayed open access journal]]).
-T. McKenna, Archaic Revival (1991, book), p 219-225\\
+===Thursday 11/08/2011===
+ * New libarynth page about [[plant_neurobiology|plant neurobiology]]
+ * New libarynth page with a [[open_access_journals_list|list of some Open Access Journals]]
+===Wednesday 10/08/2011===
+ * Read the article of Peter W. Barlow (2008)
+ * Wikipedia search about: convergent evolution, exaptation, morphogen, metamerism
+===Friday 05/08/2011===
+ * Search in the scientific literature about "plant neurobiology"\\
+° Peter W. Barlow (2008) Reﬂections on ‘plant neurobiology’ [review article]\\
+° Eric Davies (2004) New functions for electrical signals in plants [commentary]
+ * Short research meeting with Nik & Maja\\
+===Thursday 04/08/2011===
+ * Libarynth research diary
+ * T. McKenna, Archaic Revival (1991, book), p 219-225\\
 ° Central idea: plants as inspirational model for solving global problems. Phytomimicry in industry, politics, personal life.\\
 ° According to McKenna, the "lessons" of plants are:\\
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 ° McKenna speaks about "planetary purpose". Intentionality. (link to be made with Naturalism and Intelligent Design)\\
-__Wednesday 03/07/2011__
+ * Wikipedia search about:\\
+New Age Gaian, James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, Noepaganism, Pseudoscience, Falsifiability, Biopunk
+ * Some books found in the library:\\
+° Nature, technology and the sacred, Bronislaw Szerszynski, 2005. About the idea of the "disenchantment of the world", from a philosphy of science point of view.\\
+° Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino, 1965. Short stories. Science-like narratives, universe as a cosmic joke.\\
+° Psychedelic reimagined, Thomas Lyttle, ed., 1999. Collection of articles about psychedelic substances and practices.\\
+===Wednesday 03/08/2011===
-Start meeting with Nick & Maja
+ * Start meeting with Nik & Maja
-Research starting points:\\
+ * Research starting points:\\
-° Reach a broad spectrum going from science < ---- > para-science\\
+° Reach a broad spectrum going from science < ---- > pseudo-science\\
 ° Special attention to //stories//. Stories made to justify some logical shortcuts in speudo-scientific demonstrations, stories on the side of classical research, etc.\\
 ° Think of experiment to test some pseudo-scientific claims (plants grow faster if you speak to them). Those experiments are not meant to be realized.\\
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 ° Speculative science: what do we need to build a //translator// to interfer with those signals?\\
-Literature starting points:\\
+ * Literature starting points:\\
-° Experiments of Laurence (~1950). Onion attached to a telescope, and other strange experiments.\\
+° Experiments of George Lawrence (~1950). Onion attached to a telescope, and other strange experiments.\\
 ° HPI paper on the Lybarinth\\
 ° Sci-fi writer K. Schröder. Idea of thalience, switched subjectivity. Idea that the value of a model is not only determined by the fact it is true or not, but also by its ability to generate other models and ideas ("heuristicity").\\
 ° T. McKenna, Archaic Revival, Chapter about plan/plant/planet. Phytomimicry and techno-gaianism.\\
 ° P. Stamets, Mycelium Running, global considerations about mycelium as nature's internet.\\