Plant Intelligence - ICE Public Dialogue with Richard Powers, Monica Gagliano and Marcelo Gleiser 

The number of views, 6 541 as of March 14th 2021, implies that the "great awakening" is far from near.

Wonderful combination to hear from, or is it not just a coincidence? :-) One thing, not clearly seen the way it is, seems to me to be 'compitition' as is mentioned so often. 'We' still do not want to lose our human programme, which from the start of our education has been strengthened, the cause of one of the biggest hurts given to our children, in which comparison becomes the 'thing' to do.. We should know better, Life does not compare You to others.. Life does not compete, that would be very childish, for us to think.. like this. Competition would cause the wonderful experienced variation, to be finally lost.. If winning (from others) was a movement of Life, would You then have a reason to Be? Life, for those who still want to be stuck in our one-sided dreams, is every moment NEW. The movement of Life, has never been Old.., it certainly has no memory like we use so much, it is ONLY NOW. The intelligence which Life is, comes clear to us, when we see its choices never to be something old, these are always NEW. And out of millions of options, it takes the ONLY best step, not compared, not competed, because it is new. The language of Life, is thus unconditioned, and cannot be made by the brain. Not using the name of Life, but its deeply felt word..which is Love, we might confirm in an instant, there cannot be a valuation, comparison or competition be present. Every entity of Life, is valued equal, given all what Live has to give, unconditioned and always new, every second in which you are that, Life it self. But we disturb our youngsters with the same ignorance as our parents did unknowingly with us.. Spreading the Hurts to everyone around us, distorting the Earth and its precious inhabitants, to become the most selfish creature with a brain. This selfishness then creates love with the brain, which is factually: creed. Competition destroyed our One-ness, and continues to do.. It isn't the movement of Life, it is the destroyer of it!

I read The Overstory and it changed my life. It made me aware of nature in a new way which is both wonderous and frightening. Now it seems silly and myopic to think this is "our" planet.

Throughout the whole conversation I felt like being in the presence of greatness. Can't thank you lovely people enough for this eye opening time. Thanks, gotta go now to talk to my plants, flowers and trees. What a wonderful world we are allowed to visit and ENJOY 💚💚💚

If the Christian God was shaped like a tree instead of a human, there wouldn't be this uphill battle.

A gorgeous discussion ..... thank you Monica and Richard, your books are life-changing .... xxx

Richard is an amazing word wizard and Monica is a beautiful mystical soul imbued with an exceptional intellect. Marcelo introduces and coordinates the conversation with refined tact and excellent communication skills. Overall, three very intelligent people engaged in a very interesting and important conversation. I'm honored and inspired having listened to you all - thank you.

Slime molds are super duper cool!

Philosophers and theologians should tell us what personhood consists of because courts can define it arbitrarily. During a graduate seminar about abortion, my professor taught us that human personhood depended on brain development. She thought that a living, breathing, talking huan with an underdeveloped brain would be a nonperson. That suggests that if I shot another human in cold blood, I coroner would need to determine whether I murdered my victim. When does a person begin to live? That's for philosophers and theologians to discover. It's not a question for natural science to answer. As a biochemist acquaintance of mine, Dr. Michael Behe, says, scientistists don't tend to philosophize well. What would today's natural scientists do if an international court ruled that Jews were nonpersons?

An amazing talk, every word felt like a most precious treasure, and deepest truth. Thank you for making it happen!

Thank you guys so much for doing this.! (In my idiolect, which is like a dialect but you need to one individual, the term guys is used as a generic term for people. I will give the reasons why I don't use people or folks or other options some other time another venue.)

It's disturbing, if you exercise any critical thought, how how these people speak in a style of ecstatic religiosity and how the viewer comments are also completely religious. Read below and you see adjectives and terms such as, "gorgeous, amazing, wonderful, greatness" , none scientific, at all. And, also, you see this in the bizarre expressions on their faces. "If I’m able to make a good amount of money before I die, I will donate all of it to this."

If I’m able to make a good amount of money before I die, I will donate all of it to this.

There's an outside variable running an experiment for gain or power

I was shot by my husband and lost my leg and was pregnant and its being ignored

The corporation needs to have someone to take accountability

Vegans dismiss this because plants are all they have left to eat. 😒

A woman is God and what you did was common knowledge science and pride got in the way

Its the acknowledgement of understanding and connection

Its old knowledge and I know that y'all need a mirror as do I acceptance

Oneness! 🙏 Wonderful discussion 🌱💚

Richard Powers you are uberbrilliant!!!!❤❤❤❤

Yes but what about when there are outside forces

I wonder what the vegans have to say about this ?

The only fiction I read is Religion

You are not God according to the lie

Do you know why noah built the ark

Where is my soul and heart

Yes someone else did it first

The great experiment 🤣

Ask instead of assume

Hope in humanity

What about consent

The court system

34:15 speaking of Empathy - I was told by an African-American co-worker that since I was not Christian, me and my loved ones will be set apart and dumped into hell! And he not only said it OPENLY, he said it so casually - like he was talking about the weather So basically ALL Hindus, Buddhists & Atheists will be like the Jews in Germany in the after life - set apart based solely on their belief and dumped into gas chambers in hell! And these, ladies and gentlemen, are the top religions of the day representing humanity!

Thank you. Thank you.

The illuminati

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The church

Geometry

Why is there always 1 person coughing the whole time.. lol.. Great talk though!

Memory

Hindu

Yep

DNA

You need to get Joscha Bach involved in this. One of the most brilliant minds. I would also recommend that you communicate with Leo from Actualized on RU-vid for another perspective which might be underrepresented here.

Wish I could talk like Mr Powers or write like him

13:50

If we're to look to empathy, we must consider and recognize apathy. 🤔❓