To those who say plants feel pain?

Question

First, it IS true that plants release chemicals when physically damaged. To compare this to pain is a sign of idiocy.

The definition of pain (medterms. com)
" An unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony."

"Unpleasant" and "sensation" are words that denote the presence of an organ (brain) that can decipher and process sensory messages. Plants don't have such an organ. Their sensory messages are purely chemical. Their responses are purely chemical. A plant does not have a nervous system.

Answer 1

I have news for you all. Scientific studies on some plants have shown that when a plant is physically damaged, it not only releases chemicals which are designed to assist in defending and/or repairing itself, but the life force of the plant releases an ultrasonic "scream" that can only be detected with highly sensitive equipment in a controlled environment like a soundproof room. This scream, when analyzed, showed that the plant emitted the sound at precisely the moment when damaged, not slighly after, even my a fraction of a second. This shows that the scream is not only instinctive in nature, but it forms as a result of the breaking of the emotional bond between the life force of the plant and the organism damaging it. It has also been shown that when a person intentionally damages a plant, certain areas of the brain light up, particularly areas relating to one's sense of moral right and wrong. These areas of the brain light up at precisely the same moment when the scream is detected, and the plant is damaged, leading to the aforementioned deduction.

It is said that thought energy, which is shown to be the most powerful form of energy in existence, can travel between any two or more points in the universe instantly. I don't mean at the speed of light. I mean like teleportation kind of instantly, like 1 object being in two places in the universe at the same time, or what is sometimes called a paradox in scientific circles. It is also said that thought energy can travel forward and backward in time, as claimed by some of the most revered and prestigious quantum physicists who have ever lived, including Einstein.
With this in mind, it is believed that when two living or dead objects interact with each other, a telepathic link is formed which is used by the life force of each object to communicate with each other, and that when one object violates another objects energy field in an agressive or destructive way, the link is affected in a similar way, and this change in the link is so sudden that it produces a scream that can only be heard by the subconscious mind.

Based on this reasoning, when a person damages a plant, the plant and the person have been interacting for some time prior through the act of distant observation by the person, and so a bond has formed. The plant energy at this point has to some extent entered the mind of the person, and the two energies have melded. When the human damages the plant, they also damage the life force of the plant, and since the plant energy is melded with the human energy, the plant expresses itself as damaged through the brain and nervous system of the physical human body, in the form of physical pain. The pain could be experienced by the human conscious mind as an itchiness, cramps, stiffness, stress, or something more subtle like guilt or shame. Oftentimes however, the feeling or sensation is suppressed by the person, and contributes to the rearing of a far uglier head later in life as cancer or stress disorder or depression.

As I have said many times before, the only true motivation for movements like veg*nism and environmentalism is to reduce one's footprint on the Earth, and this includes reducing the number of plants that are damaged or killed, especially for the sake of fun. It has been shown in medical studies that people who are willing to kill plants for no reasonable reason are more inclined to kill animals for no reasonable reason, and are therefore more inclined to kill humans for no reasonable reason. Again this is due to the degree that a person is able to suppress their "moral inner voice" and go against the natural flow of the universe, which is to expand, procreate, and florish.

Answer 2

Fruitarian. Eating what plants freely "give" based on evolutionary trait, to prolong their species (fruits, vine vegetables, nuts, etc.) That being said... Most plants do indeed "intend" to be eaten to some degree. Apple trees would not exist were it not for a sweet, vitamin-rich fruit that is appealing to animals. Animals eat the fruit, and carry the seeds to be deposited elsewhere, prolonging the species. Many lettuce or leafy varieties of plants have developed evolutionarily to NEED to be eaten... not only to prevent overgrowth, but also to transfer "cuttings" (i.e. small dropped pieces of leaf/stem) to spring forth an entirely new plant. Most plant-life REQUIRES the intervention of other species' to survive. It would be counter to their own evolutionary goals for these food plants to develop any sort of pain or "live to live" mechanisms when it would oppose their biological process OF reproduction/procreation.

Answer 3

I never thought that plants felt pain, but I love your question. It is well educated and thought out. I wish all the questions and answers were like this one.

Answer 4

Why are you so worked up about proving plants don't feel pain? Do you really need to justify your eating habits to that extent? I could care less if they feel pain, I could care less if animals feel pain, I am at the top of the food chain and I intend to eat them for many many years to come.

Answer 5

Wonderfully stated. Starred. I love the people who say plants feel "pain" but try to justify chicken and fish as not being meat.

Answer 6

If you don't like to eat dead animals and if you don't like to kill plants and eat them, then don't eat. You'll die and rot and become fertilizer. Yeah, animals and plants will love you.

You can't eat fruits and nuts either because that would qualify as stealing food from other animals and interfering with the natural growth of forests.

Answer 7

They probably don't but just in case they do shouldn't we get stop really painful ways of harvesting plant food, like maple syrup.

Answer 8

I think Audrey would disagree with you! LOL. I think with that it is time for happy hour! Cheers to all.

Answer 9

ooo. haha. check and mate. lol. i had to say that.

Answer 10

if a brain is required to feel pain, would my plate of clams and scallops be vegan? no brain. i have never heard one screaming in the pot while steaming.
oh well, i need to get back to my steak