Paul Saladino· MD
the basic plant emergent behavior is I can't run away because I'm rooted so number one rule is don't die which means don't get eaten
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
the basic plant emergent behavior is I can't run away because I'm rooted so number one rule is don't die which means don't get eaten
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plants and animals have been Co evolving for 400 million years and there really are plant toxins out there and people do sometimes react to plants negatively and I think we have to be careful and think about plants on a spectrum in that way
I guess plants and animals have co-evolved for 450 million years they've been sort of in this arms race and plants have had all these chemical toxins that were never really told about
the really long history 450 million year coevolution of plants and animals and the multiple the thousands hundreds of thousands millions of chemicals that plants have evolved as defense mechanisms