May 9th , 2024
CHIRANJIT MITRA
Can plants feel pain like humans and animals? This question sparks debate within the scientific community and among plant lovers.
Human pain involves sensory receptors, a nervous system, and awareness. Plants lack these structures.
Plants respond to injuries, light changes, and threats by releasing chemicals and altering growth patterns.
These responses are survival mechanisms. Scientists debate whether they are the same as feeling pain.
Controversial studies suggest some anesthetics dull plant responses. However, this doesn't prove pain.
If plants could feel pain, it would impact how we treat them, from gardening to agriculture.
While research continues, there's no clear consensus on whether plants experience conscious pain.
The question of plant sentience raises fascinating ethical and philosophical discussions.