Talk:The Secret Life of Plants

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Contents 1 Criticism 2 Debunked by the Mythbusters? 3 Science is not about proving conclusions. 4 Split

[edit] Criticism

Plants do not have ESP.

"Do plants have ESP?" The Straight Dope, Cecil Adams, 6 May 1988, available at [1]

"plant perception (a.k.a. the Backster effect)", entry in The Skeptic's Dictionary, Robert Todd Carroll, Wiley, 2003, available at http://skepdic.com/plants.html

"Plant primary perception", K. A. Horowitz, D.C. Lewis, and E. L. Gasteiger, Science 189: 478-480, 1975

"A study of primary perception in plants and animal life", J. M. Kmetz, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 71(2): 157-170, 1977

--munge 18:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Debunked by the Mythbusters?

Debunked but not disproven. The Mythbusters actually got a positive result, but rejected it because it wasn't the result they wanted.Landroo 23:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the mention of this from the article. Mythbusters is the most disingenuous and misleading source to scientific truths that there is. __meco 11:07, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Science is not about proving conclusions.

It's about testing them. Landroo 14:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split

I agree with the split, the film and book should have their own articles, if possible.Shawn in Montreal 02:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 10:51, 28 May 2008 (UTC)