Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 23:18:39 -0800
From: "Senex R. Rupicapra" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: Jesus and Buddha read the minds of plants!


Jerald Hellemeyer wrote:
> 
> Brian writes:
> 
> >Carp writes:
> >>"The Secret Life Of Plants" recited all of this chapter and verse in
> the
> >>late 60s-early 70s.  I don't know that much of the electronic
> monitoring
> >>has been disproved yet.  The experiment was to hook plants up to
> >>brain-wave type detecting electrodes and then someone would torture a
> >>plant by burning the leaves.  The next step was to burn leaves on a
> plant
> >>in another room.  The final test was to simply have a person visualize
> >>burning a plant.  As I recollect all of the actions get a measurable
> >>response on the control plant.
> >
> >Sure, and so does doing nothing at all, as long as you have the right
> person
> >interpreting the sqiggles.  I'd love to see the Amazing Randi, debunker
> >extraordinaire, set up a double blind test for them.
> >
> >Wait a minute...I'm getting something from the plant here in the corner
> of
> >the office...it's lonely and thirsty...wait a minute...it's plastic...
> >
> 
> 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.

	and dont forget that most o yr brain be made o Jello.
(well, mine is, anyways.)
 
	old goat.
	our fathers' seeds contain too many weeds.
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