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==== Introduction ==== | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
- | < | + | < |
- | Raoul Francé put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, | + | |
that the only reason we don't appreciate the fact is that plants do so at | that the only reason we don't appreciate the fact is that plants do so at | ||
a much slower pace than humans. | a much slower pace than humans. | ||
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---Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when | ---Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when | ||
these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their | these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their | ||
- | stems to keep the ants from climbing. The more sophisticated acacia | + | stems to keep the ants from climbing. The Acacia |
actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards | actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards | ||
with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and | with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and | ||
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form of a prolonged upward sweep of the recording pen. Backster had | form of a prolonged upward sweep of the recording pen. Backster had | ||
not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. | not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. | ||
- | **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? | + | **Could the plant have been reading his mind**? |
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* [[plant perception]] | * [[plant perception]] | ||
* [[groworld HPI ii]] | * [[groworld HPI ii]] | ||
+ | * [[plant_tricks]] | ||
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are next to worthless here, since ' | are next to worthless here, since ' | ||
of the known electromagnetic spectrum." | of the known electromagnetic spectrum." | ||
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- | ---1920s the Russian histologist Alexander Gurwitsch and his | ||
- | wife, proclaimed that all living cells produce an invisible radiation. | ||
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supersensory perceptions verifiable? Of the 350,000 plant species known | supersensory perceptions verifiable? Of the 350,000 plant species known | ||
to science, which were the most promising from the electronic point of | to science, which were the most promising from the electronic point of | ||
- | view**? | + | view**? |
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- | "There are certain qualities here," he wrote, | + | |
"which do not enter into normal experimental situations. According to | "which do not enter into normal experimental situations. According to | ||
those experimenting in this area, it is necessary to have a 'green thumb' | those experimenting in this area, it is necessary to have a 'green thumb' | ||
- | and, most important, a genuine love for plants." | + | and, most important, a genuine love for plants." |
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