Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 21:58:23 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re: Jesus and Buddha read the minds of plants!




On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Jerald Hellemeyer wrote:

> You probably would get readings from a plastic plant.  Some university 
> students did the same experiment on a bowl of lime jello.  They found 
> the same "thought waves" as were found in the plants.  Apparently, the 
> equipment itself and other electric appliances give off interference 
> that can be interpreted as brain activity.  But then again, jello is 
> made out of once living animal parts.

Wait a minute.  Wasn't it you who was going to "prove" you couldn't use
protection of property as an excuse to shoot someone at night in Texas?
whatever *happened* to that crusade.

And if it is true that life forces (like the simple drive to exist) don't
exist in plants, then I would assume the same applies for animals.  Neh?  
(I mean why would +anything+ live if it didn't have a driving force?)  If
so then life itself is nothing but a series of electro-chemical reactions.

If life is only a chemistry set then why should we respect it?



carp