http://www.semeiotica.com/2007/08/pornography-for-plants/ evolutionary design ecology Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.semeiotica.com/2007/08/pornography-for-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-17 gharp Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.semeiotica.com/?p=103#comment-17 Perhaps it is a little absurd, but it raises questions that most people fail to consider much less appreciate about other organisms. For instance, is there such a thing as sexual stimulation for plants? If so, how is this experienced and felt? Does it comprise any sort of cost in terms of resources that would otherwise be put towards reproduction? Is there a benefit of non-reproductive stimulation in plants (or for that matter animals and bacteria)? These are more than just philosophical questions and indeed serve as guiding hypotheses for scientific discovery. What I like about this exhibition is how it allows us to approach these ideas culturally. Perhaps it is a little absurd, but it raises questions that most people fail to consider much less appreciate about other organisms. For instance, is there such a thing as sexual stimulation for plants? If so, how is this experienced and felt? Does it comprise any sort of cost in terms of resources that would otherwise be put towards reproduction? Is there a benefit of non-reproductive stimulation in plants (or for that matter animals and bacteria)? These are more than just philosophical questions and indeed serve as guiding hypotheses for scientific discovery. What I like about this exhibition is how it allows us to approach these ideas culturally.

]]> http://www.semeiotica.com/2007/08/pornography-for-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Anonymous Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:53:00 +0000 http://www.semeiotica.com/?p=103#comment-16 WTF???<br/>Complete and utter nutcase!!! WTF???
Complete and utter nutcase!!!

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