Plants remember and react, but do they mind being eaten? Michael Pollan on sentience in the natur...
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It's not too much of an overstatement to say that for over 30 years, Michael Pollan's books have helped reshape conversations about industrial food systems, animal consciousness and our obligations to other living things. His new book, A World Appears, is about plant sentience – an immersive exploration of how plants exhibit thinking and memory-like behaviours, respond to physical threats, favour their own species and supply nutrients to struggling neighbouring plants. In this episode, Pollan discusses compelling new research that argues humans are far from the only living entities exhibiting sentience and indeed, "exquisite" awareness of their environment. Today’s conversation is hosted by Good Weekend senior writer Greg Callaghan. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
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