^^^ I was surprised learning who Tenacious D was, but agree he's arguably multi-talented. Certainly in marketing a few.
Btw, you've got what seems an excellent diet, imho. Off to the Farmers Market tomorrow for greens and whatever berries strikes my fancy at that moment, but no medjools there; there is a place though, a place where I will buy fresh figs, whatever kind they have, and some monukka raisins. Out behind my house/shack few years ago, playing earth mover man on his tractor, my LL wiped out a vast area where for more than two and a half decades each June thru July, I gleaned daily my morning meal of wild strawberries. I tried to transplant only two rooted sb runners and within an hour Mrs. LL had yanked them out. Eventually, she planted crown vetch. I hate crown vetch! (Trump voter) Why not a nice ground-hugging and also flowering portulacas, it's maintenance-free and thrives in full sun? (Long ago I should never have mentioned to her how very much I detest that wretched plant!) The question asked below stands:
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PufPuf93 » Thu Jul 11, 2019 11:45 am wrote:Pele'sDaughter » Thu Jul 11, 2019 7:29 am wrote:Probably been said: The question is, more pertinently: Can people think?
And if so, why would they?
It occurred to me this morning when I saw the topic title that perhaps plants have evolved past the need for "thought". They're certainly more successful than we are in non-technological areas of existence.
I tend to view ecosystems at whatever level (Planet Earth to surface of soil particle) as organisms in of themselves composed of a variety of other organisms that communicate and express conditions of the environment over various time scales. Consciousness implies self-awareness but not necessarily how we conceive of awareness in a human sense. Disturbance by humans (or acts of nature) simplify plant communities in the gross and unseen levels and time is required to return to the prior level of complexity.
Can people think and why would they? Yes, people can think. But that's when their confusion begins, once they begin thinking, forever thereafter prompting an all but unending stream of confused questions. It really gets good though, when one really quiets their thoughts and cease their questioning, and that's when answers begin to be known.
PufPuf, I agree with your perspective on this: "...organisms in of themselves composed of a variety of other organisms that communicate..." and realize especially ours is a shared ecosystem dependent upon the health of the varieties of life sharing our individual body, and the minerals of the Earth, too, we all find essential to sustain life healthily. The Butterfly Effect.