Do you think Plants are telepathic?

Question

i read it somewhere that they share emotions..some guy did a test,hooked a plant up to a machine and tested it and it showed emotions to his actions and thoughts..what you guys think?

Answer 1

Some plants give off pheremones when distressed that warn other plants of the same species to activate their defense mechanisms. Other plants have also evolved to respond and take advantage of these 'alarms'. Does the plant version of "pain" of being eaten qualify as an "emotion"?

Not exactly telepathic in the popular magic brain-brain communication sense, but certainly telepathy if you go by the etymology of the word.

Answer 2

Well, if by "telepathic" you mean that they communicate in ways that we can't readily detect, I would have to agree. But I think that this may be more a matter of chemistry and physics than mysticism. Who knows what kind of messages plants are sharing through pheromones (or their vegetative equivalent)? Who knows how sensitive plants are to electrical stimuli? I did see an episode of Myth Busters where they screamed at some plants and played nice with others, but there seemed no correlation to growth/health, other than the fact that more noise was apparently stimulating to the plants' growth.
So, my answer is ... "Not telepathic, but extra-human yes."

Answer 3

I think so. In the study, the scientist left town, and every time he took off or landed in an airplane, the needle on the machine showed a spike in the energy level of the plant. I think somehow we are all connected, whether we like to think so or not. Some may just be more attuned to it than others.

Answer 4

I think I saw that study. The plant was hooked up to some kind of machine, similar to a polygraph, which measured minor fluctuations in vital stats etc. Then, in another room, someone dropped another plant into boiling water, and the hooked-up plant reacted in a similar way to the plant being boiled.

I cannot, however, verify the authenticity of the study. It was on some TV show, I think on PBS, years ago.

Answer 5

Well, I don't know. Of course they give off energy, they are organic. I'd have to say that this cannot be equated to any mental sort of energy, otherwise the plant that I won last month was quite unfortunate and possibly suicidal. It's like "the Last Mohican" around my home. I'll TRY not to kill it, but death is pretty much inevitable for the poor little fella.

Answer 6

Well I do believe that plants share emotions. There are studies that show they grow more healthy when there is music playing near them.

Answer 7

The communicate, there is no doubt about that. It could be electrical impulses or chemical impulses they use, or they could be connected to the collective consciousness. Because our physiology is so different, it's hard for us to tell.
Did you know that if a bunch of giraffes start eating one Acacia tree, the others around it will start to increase the amount of unpalatable chemicals in their leaves?

Answer 8

Every living things, have some means of communication, some can be tested and some don't, but all God's creation are connected somehow

Answer 9

even I read it. JC Bose from India and another famous scientist (can't remember the name) proved that they have life and they do respond

Answer 10

yes there is a book about this called Talking with Trees. it is excellent.