Plants don’t have feelings and aren’t conscious, a biologist argues
Lincoln Taiz and colleagues lament the rise of ‘plant neurobiology’
NOT THE SAME Plants have no need for the brains, or the awareness, that animals have, researchers say.
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Lincoln Taiz is peeved. Over the last decade or so, the retired plant biologist has watched the rise of the field of “plant neurobiology” with growing dismay.