They don’t have a brain really and kinda just float there. Do they even feel pain?

  • remotelove@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We may be able to tell if they are stressed, which could be related to pain, depending on your viewpoint.

    Here is a recent study of audible reactions plant can have to stress: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00262-3

    Do plants react to stress and harmful situations like infestation? Absolutely. Do they actually feel pain as we understand it? Probably not since they lack a nervous system.

    This boils down to the question: What is pain?