prove to me if plants have feelings?

Question

it has to be a fact. do plants have feelings like us????

Answer 1

First of all where do feeling come from? The brain or some lump of nervous tissue. Plants do not contain nervous tissue, hence no feelings. If for some reason your nervous system shut down so that you lost your sense of pain, would you feel a person kicking you in the shin? Let's be realistic about this animals are endowed with traits that make them successful in their environment so are plants. Feeling is an animal trait not a plant one.

Answer 2

This can be taken too many different ways, so there IS no way to PROVE it. It has been proven that plants do respond to positive sounds, like music or being spoken to, with better growth and even immediate movement.
Does a plant have a brain? No, but it has not been scientifically proven that all feelings stem from one organ alone. This is all going to break down to anyone's specific definition of the term "feelings". Carl Jung referred to another source of such things besides the brain itself....that we all as living things receive sensory input as microcosms from the universe (and everything in it) as a macrocosm. Most major religions have a belief based in similar thought-they just call that macrocosm a god. In other words, does a plant, as a living being, have a spirit or soul, or is it atleast contain some smidgen of the esoteric substance all other living things are created from? Because the answer to this would delve more into a religious type belief, there will probably never be a totally accepted definitive answer.
In my opinion, it's strange that we, as humans, ARE willing to believe that we are the supreme beings-that everything else couldn't possibly matter in that regard. But if you get down to it, the nature of being allows for that prejudice. Does a monkey, a horse, or an oak tree think another species is superior to or more advanced, developed, or important than it's own? Probably not. It's all relative.

Answer 3

i'm a botanist and i see this question a lot and nobody else ever makes this point: we have feelings because there's an evolutionary advantage; our behaviour is complex and emotions help us to keep control of our destiny. Plants have very little control over their external environment. Their behaviour is always very predictable. For God to give plants feelings would be cruel because then they'd see how little power they have over their own lives.

Answer 4

Try neglecting them and you will have a clear answer. It will eventually loose energy and die just like a human being would if not given the proper care! it would get drooping, with its head down like humans with depressions do...loose vitality, become pale, and life slowly drifting out of it. Plants are part of life on earth.
Watch how the seasons teach us rebirth every year as a cycle of life! Does it make sense to you?

Answer 5

Read the book "The secret life of plants"
There is scientific evidence that plants respond to positive and negative auditory stimuli.

Answer 6

u prove to me how u are feeling when u got hurt
u prove that so the ans follows

Answer 7

Kudzu reaches out higher and higher towards the light. Do you think the desire to live is a feeling?

Answer 8

I once told a flower that it looked fat and it started crying. How's that for proof?

I punched a tomato plant in the nose, and it's nose started bleeding, but I think it was only ketchup.

Answer 9

How 'bout them trees in the "Wizard of Oz" getting angry and throwing apples ? There's your proof.

Answer 10

No they don't