• shane@feddit.nl
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    3 days ago

    Citation needed.

    It wasn’t until the 21st century that we showed fairly conclusively that fish can feel pain. So it seems very unlikely that we have strong evidence that plants do.

    • CovfefeKills@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Unless you are arguing we shouldn’t have had compassion for fish and their suffering up until very recently I think your point supports mine. We do know they respond to stimuli and some root systems form neural like structures so it seems probable. Imagine hooking up pain and suffering tolerance to science and thinking you are a good person ha. Could you even?