Does A Flower...?

[Salty Booger]

Does a flower know it is a flower?
Does a flower know its purpose?
Does a flower know it is beautiful?


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[SalixIncendium]

Does a flower know it is a flower?

I would think no more than an egg knows it's an egg or that my hand knows it's a hand (I was going to name another body part that corresponds more to a flower would on a plant, but I didn't feel it would be appropriate for the forum ).

 

[Vinayaka]

Genetic knowledge is amazing. I've always been amazed by the round black seeds of canola, turnip, cauliflower, broccoli, and other members of that family. You put those tiny seeds in a line, and there's no way you can tell which is which, but they all know.

 

[JustGeorge]

Does a flower know it is a flower?

I don't know... If it does understand that it exists, its unlikely it would categorize itself the same way we do.

Does a flower know its purpose?

Doubtful. How many, of any species, really know that?

Does a flower know it is beautiful?

Beauty varies. What one person considers beautiful, another considers a weed.

Nothing quite fills my heart with joy like the first few dandelions popping up, sometimes amidst the snow still. But there are some who pay hundreds a year just to keep the little yellow sunbursts off their lawn!

 

[The Hammer]

Does a flower know it is a flower?
Does a flower know its purpose?
Does a flower know it is beautiful?

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Does it matter that the flower knows or understands these things? It just simply needs to "Be", as we all do.

But to hazard a guess, yes, the flower/plant "understands" that that is what it is. It is content within it's earthly confines.

 

[exchemist]

Does a flower know it is a flower?
Does a flower know its purpose?
Does a flower know it is beautiful?

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No, no and no.

Next............

 

[Nakosis]

Does a flower know it is a flower?
Does a flower know its purpose?
Does a flower know it is beautiful?

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Plants don’t have nervous systems but video captured by the scientists behind this new study of injured plants shows that they do have their own version of fight-or-flight when they come under attack.
Plants' Response To Being Eaten Is Very Similar To Our Response To Pain, Researchers Prove

I read something about this several years ago. They were able to measure the response in plants somehow. They had a guy come in and hack up a number of plants in front of other plants. After that whenever this homicidal plant killer entered the room the remaining plants reacted differently than when anyone else entered.

They seem to have some kind of environmental awareness.

 

[stvdv]

Does a flower know it is a flower?
Does a flower know its purpose?
Does a flower know it is beautiful?

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Everything has consciousness. Nothing has no heart, nothing is incapable of feeling joy or grief
But not all have the eye to see, the ear to listen, the heart to respond to this magic which is all around us