Re: Plants as network medium?

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From: taguebw
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:00

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In article <gbjiuj9e5kw.fsf@ic.ac.uk>, Gerdjan Busker <g.busker@ic.ac.uk> wrote:

> taguebw@REMOVEwfu.edu writes:
> 
> > A minor point: there is NO evidence that plants respond to music or being
> > spoken too. There is lots of psuedo-science claiming such but no scientist
> > has proven this. 
> > 
> > But, plants do respond to external signals: light (intensity, wavelength,
> > direction), temperature (both hot and cold), gravity, touch, volatile
> > compounds from other plants,etc.
> 
> Ah,  so what you are saying is ... an optical global network using plants?
> With a backup option of using gravitational waves or infra red or in the
> worst case TCP/IP via polination packets carried by bees?
> 
> GJ.

No, I didn't say that at all! I was simply trying to clear up the common
misperception that plants respond to music or being spoken to. 

I'll let others develop plants as a global network ;-b.

My 2 electrons,

Brian

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Subject: Re: Plants as network medium?
Date: 1998/08/31
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