Plants Neither Possess nor Require Consciousness.
Trends in Plant Science August 1, 2019 Lincoln Taiz, D. Alkon, Andreas Draguhn et al.
In claiming that plants have consciousness, 'plant neurobiologists' have consistently glossed over the remarkable degree of structural and functional complexity that the brain had to evolve for consciousness to emerge. Here, we outline a new hypothesis proposed by Feinberg and Mallat for the evolution of consciousness in animals. Based on a survey of the brain anatomy, functional complexity,...