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	"Are plants watching us?"

cakebelly

12-12-2008 12:46 PM

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12-12-2008 1:45 PM

cakebelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v38af7DXv0

12-12-2008 2:39 PM

shaor

well they are living things!

12-14-2008 12:49 PM

jimbo1000

"Although venturing where angels fear to tread" this has resonance with me and a book I am reading 'The self aware universe' by Amit Goswami. The connection is through 'non-locality' as put forward in quantum theory where entangled particles can operate and 'connect' at a distance outside normal parameters and 'collective consciousness' put forward by Goswami and Jung. According to Goswami this consciousness applies to all living things.

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