Eli5: Is mimosa pudica a conscious plant?

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If it can memorize stimuli and adapt to it, and actively engage in actions (such as closing it’s leaves when touched) doesn’t that mean, that’s it’s actually conscious?

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Consciousness would require rational thinking and decision making, this is more like a nervous response. A moth will always be drawn to a flame repeatedly until it goes up in flames because it is acting on mindless impulse.

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Long story short, if you have one of those upright torch lamps, don’t remove the glass cover because some stupid moth will land on it, burst into flame, and land on the carpet while you and your brother are so stoned you can’t stop laughing long enough to save the carpet.

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