The Multiversity Project

Episode XII: Is Your Houseplant Intelligent? The Science, Philosophy and Ethics of Plant Consciousness


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Join us as we survey the history of plant consciousness, beginning with Cleve Backster’s controversial research from the 1960s which seemed to show that plants have emotions, and can communicate telepathically. Then continue with us as we move on to the subject of plant intelligence, examining the now-established science of plant communication, and the emerging fields of plant intelligence, plant learning, and even… plant neurobiology?
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The Multiversity ProjectBy Arielle Friedman, Chris Guida, Kurt David Robinson, and Katy Kelly