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the sensory biology of plants (mander.xyz)
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[–] jeremyparker 35 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Y'all mf'ers need to read The Secret Life of Plants. It's fascinating.

It's from the 1970s or 80s, and it talks about this stuff in extreme depth - plant communication, plants understanding their environment... Long range communication & telepathic plants...

You gotta understand, there's absolutely zero science to it -- TSLoP is richly detailed with unconfirmed anecdotal evidence, some lady said this, a man from Tucson said this other thing, etc. If it was real, it would be world changing, but, at this point, it's a pretty crazy claim that would need some pretty crazy evidence.

But it's still fascinating -- both from it's own kayfabe, like, imagine a world in which this was real -- and in terms of "conspiracy theories" -- is not a conspiracy but it's clear bullshit so the who and why of it's believers is interesting. Because it's not like most conspiracies, which usually eventually lead back to antisemitic and Christian supremacist stuff. TSLoP is a legit leftist conspiracy, all its own thing.

So, if you see The Secret Life of Plants at a used bookstore for a couple dollars, pick it up, it's really neat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I like this comment for many reasons, but I'll mention just that I have never heard the word "kayfabe" until today and I love it!

[–] jeremyparker 1 points 8 months ago

I hadn't heard it either until FD Signifier used it in a video. I guess it originally referred to the "in universe" fiction of professional wrestling, but FD took it out of that context and now I use it all the time -- well, it doesn't come up that often, but it's a concept that's needed a word for a while now... Especially now that "alternative facts" are becoming so prevalent.

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