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Re:Exploring How and Why Trees ‘Talk’ to Each Other by seszett on Sunday August 20, 2017 @04:03PM (#15060004)
But anyway it's obviously meaningless when we're talking about plants.

Blind humans cannot recognize themselves in a mirror either, but it doesn't mean anything about their sentience.

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Re:Exploring How and Why Trees ‘Talk’ to Each Other by rectangletangle on Sunday August 20, 2017 @04:32PM (#15060120)
It becomes further confused when animals like dogs are introduced into the equation. They fail the visual mirror test, primarily because vision isn't their primary sense.
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