Friday, October 22, 2010

The roots of plant intelligence

Bad news for vegetarians: Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways. Can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian scientist; Stefano Mancuso, find brain-like cells in the root of plants.
The signals that is produced by a few hundred cells in a special region of the root are as same as neuron's signals of our brain, They are used for exchanging information. This less than one millimeter region has the highest consumption of oxygen in the plant.
By watching this nice Ted lecture you can be aware of the whole story and comparison of a plant roots with Internet, and their similarties as well.


Veges! If you concern not eating things with brain and you believe him, Don't worry! you won't die of hunger. Today I went to Zaeem flower shop, There were some plants without roots, hope they don't have brains in their leaves so you can eat them and staying alive and keep being a good man.

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