The Astounding Pop Mech Show: Scientists Are Seriously Debating Whether Plants Are Conscious. 100%
By PopMech Editors51%
7/17/2026, 2:42:22 PM
Topics: Consciousness, Plants
Keywords: Vodcast
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 91.1% saturation with 82 hits. Analysis detected 507 faulty-reasoning hits from 90 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (95 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 99.60% of the article peer group.
What if consciousness isn't just a human trait?
Scientists are uncovering surprising evidence that plants can sense, communicate, and adapt in ways that are prompting a fresh debate about the nature of consciousness.
This theory is explored more deeply in a new Pop Mech story called “We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human.”
Watch the full episode above now, and check out more installments of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show.”
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