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Key takeaways from Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See

In 2018, a German newspaper asked me if I would be interested in having a conversation with the philosopher Emanuele Coccia, who had… Open at source

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Coccia argued that our biological classifications are not grounded in science. They are strongly influenced by theology and are dominated by two ideas: the supremacy of the human race and the world as a place humans must bend to their will.
Like animals, plants produce substances that suppress pain. He doesn’t see why that would be necessary if there was no pain.
Coccia argued that our biological classifications are not grounded in science. They are strongly influenced by theology and are dominated by two ideas: the supremacy of the human race and the world as a place humans must bend to their will.
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