It’s funny to me because it reads like a satire of non-vegans, but this is literally how most of them are.

  • Horse {they/them}@lemmygrad.ml
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    23 hours ago

    the “experts” are botanists, they aren’t like just random people and the idea has been published in scientific journals
    and yeah, of course non-vegans are being disingenuous, that’s what they do

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      Can you a cite a source, though? I’ve seen non-vegans cite sources and arrive at the wrong conclusions because they misinterpreted the sources. For example, they think that responding to stimuli is an indicator of sentience, but it’s not. I feel like you are assuming far too much good-faith when it comes to this debate about plant sentience. Just because an idea is discussed and seems controversial doesn’t actually mean that it’s truly contentious with in a scientific context. Not all “debates” are genuine, and not all “controversies” are scientifically valid, and this is really just a “We have to validate both sides” kind of framing. Can you please demonstrate to me a single reputable botanical source that endorses plant sentience?