【科學新知面面觀】
#植物也是眾生？
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植物是「眾生｣？
科學家研究出植物，它能感知光、味、觸、水，和更多超出我們人類能感應的。它會學習、有記憶、也會溝通，甚至有跡象擁有人類的一些特徵。
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科學實驗已經證明，如果你站在植物的旁邊，它能看到你身上衣服的顏色，它們雖然沒有眼睛，但全身卻遍佈「光感受器蛋白｣（photoreceptor protein), 而人類的「光感受器蛋白｣卻只是在眼睛的視網膜後面。植物沒有腦，但卻能通過它體內的細胞 「電行｣ 和「生化物｣傳遞訊息。(電行，生化物這兩個名詞，和人的大腦神經細胞neuron 相同)，這和人類大腦的運作模式相同。
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加拿大人類學家Narby曾說：植物雖是沒有腦但卻能執行腦的功用。Neuron (神經細胞/元)是希臘文，它代表植物纖維，植物的神經細胞是在切開的植物裡面。
在他過去30多年的研究，一個重大的發現，自然界的生物擁有大智慧。海豚和其他一些動物能在鏡子裡認出自己，科學根據只要能在鏡子裡認出自己就是聰明的。鴿子對畫的記憶比學院裡的學生好，羊對人類臉孔的記憶比人更強。蜜蜂是無脊椎昆蟲，大腦像一棵細砂糖這麼大，但卻能理解抽象的概念，並能一致的處理和感知事物的不同性。
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一個更有趣的發現，有一種叫「粘菌｣（黴）slime moulds 的生物，在每一個實驗中，已經證實了它是沒腦的。它是一種粘液滴，能長到像一隻手這麼大，將會是一種有智慧的解陣方法，因為它們的生長方式，像是在構建智慧管網路，迅速的蔓延而無處不鑽。仿生研究者正在研究，如何利用粘菌的迅速蔓延方法，來幫助人類解決交通、水管通道，和溝渠等問題。
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#植物的生命特徵、#植物也是眾生、#科學研究
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Scientific Facts
#Are plants sentient beings?
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Scientific studies have shown that plants are able to sense light, smell, touch, water and have many other attributes that are beyond the human senses. They have the capability to learn, remember, communicate, and there are even signs that they possess some human characteristics.
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Scientific research has proven that plants can see the color of your clothes when you stand next to them. Although they do not have eyes, photoreceptor protein can be found all over their bodies. This photoreceptor protein is only found in the back of the retina for humans. Plants may not have brains, but they can transmit messages using electrical and chemical signals in their cells, similar to how the neurons work in the human brain.
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Canadian anthropologist Jeremy Narby once said that plants may not possess brains, but they do have brain functions. The word ‘neuron’ originates from the Greek term for vegetable fiber. Research over the past 30 years have shown that nature possess great intelligence. Dolphins and some other animals are able to recognize themselves in the mirror, which is a scientific measure of intelligence. Pigeons have better memories than art students when it comes to paintings. Sheep remember human faces better than humans themselves. Bees may be invertebrates with brains the size of a grain of sugar, but they understand the concept of abstractness, and are able to consistently sense and react to things of different nature.
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This is something even more interesting: A brainless organism known as slime mold perfectly solve mazes, another measure of intelligence. It is slimy, grows to the size of a human hand and is so good at setting up intelligent tubing networks that researchers are currently studying how to make use of it to help mankind solve traffic problems and pipeline architecture.
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