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Re:Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It... by gowld on Friday February 02, 2018 @10:59PM (#16296081)
The correct statement is "Plants are less [more like robotic, stimulus-response devices than people are] than previously assumed."
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Re:Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It... by omeid2 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @02:09AM (#16296601)
The hard question is, how large is the spectrum between Robotic and Conscious and at which point it is reasonable to suspect Consciousness?
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Re:Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It... by pharrington on Saturday February 03, 2018 @09:17AM (#16297693)
Spectrum? Between?

The hard thing is to be less reliant your assumptions and start figuring out what to start measuring.

edit: s/ditch/be less reliant on/

edit2: even that's not quite right; the derivative I'm reaching for is first testing the validity of your assumptions

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