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		SketchySeaBeast on July 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A biologist who believes that trees speak a langua... Are you arguing that's communication, or somehow driven by a tree's desires?

koliber on July 12, 2018 [–]

Arguably, you could say that it is driven by evolutionary pressure. Could you convince me that the term "evolutionary pressure" is a form of desire? I don't know. Does desire require consciousness? Are trees conscious?

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