A biologist who believes that trees speak a language we can learn to listen to
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#2If you want to say that trees can talk, you just have to redefine language.
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#3Reminds me of Peter Wohlleben and his book "The Secret Lives of Trees".
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#4> Because they relate to the trees as live beings with intimate ties to surrounding people and other creatures, the Waorani aren’t alarmed by the notion that a tree might scream when cut, or surprised that harming a tree should cause trouble for humans.
That sounds like textbook anthropomorphizing, and the article seems to follow down that path as well...
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#5Reminds me of Peter Wohlleben and his book "The Secret Lives of Trees".
Literally mentioned in the article…
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#6I guess a better way of putting this is that trees are communicating / fungus and other things that live in symbiosis with trees relay certain types of info.
Language and speaking not so much and it does seem s little far-fetched.
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#7"help, help I'm being cut down!"
If we learned how to speak to trees, it could be terrifying.
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#8The title is funny. lOl.
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#9Reminds me of Peter Wohlleben and his book "The Secret Lives of Trees".
He’s mentioned about halfway down.
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#10Jagadish Chandra Bose[1] was one of the earliest Indian scientist who proved Plant perception[2] experimentally
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose#Plant_re... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_perception_(paranormal)