John Kuthe wrote:
> On Jan 1, 9:46 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> Bryan wrote:
>>> On Jan 1, 8:28 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>
>>>> I do know that animals suffer when we kill them for food. But
>>>> thanks to my high school biology class, I also know that plants
>>>> suffer when we cut them or pick them or burn them or any of the
>>>> other things we might do to harvest them or even make the fields
>>>> ready to grow another crop.
>>
>>> Hahahahahaha! Plants suffering! You're a nutcase. Maybe you had a
>>> kooky high school biology teacher.
>>
>> He hooked up a meter to them to register their feelings.
>
> A "feeling" meter, right? What is the SI unit of suffering?
>
> I'm an electrical engineer as well as a registered nurse, Julie. Talk
> to me!

I don't remember what it registered. I was 15 at the time. I'm 52 now. I
do know that he had us talk nicely to the plant and play classical music.
When we did these things the meter didn't respond. Then he had us burn and
cut the plant and play loud rock music. Before we did any of these things
we had to announce what we were going to do. Such as... "I'm going to burn
you!"

Not only did the meter respond wildly when we did these things, but after a
few days of doing this, the meter reacted just to our words. So it was
obvious on some level that the plant could tell what was going to happen.