Intelligence Without Brains
- Published on: 09 November 2019
- How much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely any brain. And plants—with no brain at all—exhibit behaviors that, by any definition, count as intelligent. Brace yourself for a mind-bending exploration of plants that learn new behaviors and warn their brainless fellows of danger; vines that compete with each other; molds that solve puzzles; and trees that communicate and cooperate through a ‘wood-wide web’ of microscopic mycological fibers. Perhaps the real question is, are we smart enough to appreciate the vast range of intelligence that surrounds us?
PARTICIPANTS: Monica Gagliano, Simon Garnier, Thomas Horton, Naomi Leonard, Mark Moffett
MODERATOR: Natalie Angier
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PARTICIPANTS: https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/programs/intelligence-without-brains/
Chapters:
0:00 - Program introduction
0:57 - Opening film on the study of plant intelligence
3:45 - Panelist introductions
5:25 - Plant bio-acoustics
12:55 - Slime mold intelligence
19:40 - Interaction between fungi and trees
30:04 - Plant memory and learning
44:30 - Transmission of memory in slime molds
48:35 - Collective intelligence
50:22 - Leaf-cutter ant intelligence
59:04 - Swarm behavior
1:06:04 - Applying swarm intelligence to robotics
1:13:05 - Moving beyond the neuronal model of intelligence
1:16:15 - Consciousness
1:18:40 - Ethics of our interaction with plants and animals
1:23:05 - Environmental effects on collaboration
CREDITS
- Produced by Micah Fink
- Associate Produced by Matt Carlstrom
- Opening film produced / edited by Vin Liota
- Music provided by APM
- Additional images and footage provided by: Getty Images, Shutterstock, Videoblocks
- Recorded at New York University
The Big Ideas Series is supported in part by the John Templeton Foundation.
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- Intelligence Without Brains exploration of plants Monica Gagliano Simon Garnier Thomas Horton Naomi Leonard Mark Moffett Natalie Angier Plant bio-acoustics Slime mold intelligence Plant memory Plant learning Collective intelligence Leafcutter ant Consciousness beyond the neuronal model of intelligence Ethics with plants and animals Environmental effects on collaboration best science talks New York City World Science Festival 2019
COMMENTS: 40
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Berni V 21 hours ago
This is a fascinating discussion. All the guests were interesting and knowledgeable. The subject matter was of particular interest to me as a vegan. Thank you for the video.🌱
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Elyin Scott 1 days ago
Plants provide all the food for us and we are still asking if they are intelligent?
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Michel Di Sclafani 1 days ago
Matter possess intelligence. Using the form matter creates life like plants animals etc.
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fred flintstoner 2 days ago
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
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agnon777 2 days ago
מתוך "שירת העשבים", רבי נחמן מברסלב:...דע לך שכל עשב ועשב יש לו שירה מיוחדת משלו ומשירת העשבים נעשה ניגון של רועה... .
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Jeff T 3 days ago
The Baxter Effect was not Pseudoscience!!! He ran many successful tests with plants hooked up to lie detector machines and in one particular test that was successfully conducted by several scientists around the world, the electrical response from the plant was off the charts, as if an earthquake had just happened, every time prior to such time when a person was about to harm the plant by burning it. There were several instances when the plant would react similarly as soon as the mean person would begin thinking about harming the plant!Just because your clown-ass doesn't understand how or why this phenomenon happens, this doesn't mean it's Pseudoscience by any stretch, because it is very real and does in fact exist.
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Daniel Martin 3 days ago
If you think about it, plants intelligence is more superior than humans and have lived longer than humans. Humans don’t scale near the longevity of plants and are far superior to us.
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Gloria A A 3 days ago
The day man is humble enough to accept the universal “consciousness” that contains all memory, all information, all that is… we will understand so many things about us and the universe…our capacities and natures wisdom
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Botox Pig 4 days ago
How can we ever communicate with aliens when we cannot understand and communicate with plants, mushrooms, fungi. I say, no chance.
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Gunzmith Dragonkind 4 days ago
shouldnt it be "brains without intelligence"...is why humans are about to exterminate them selves.
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Beau Tye 5 days ago
Monica Gagliano!! Could you do a similar experiment where you introduce a new plant into the situation of falling (or something similar) to see if the experienced plant can calm down or even warn the new plant of the situation? I was thinking about this when introducing plants into my garden and hoping the old plants would help the new plants understand the environment.
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medronhos 6 days ago
The Vedas, ancient Indian scriptures, describe 16 dimensions of the mind, regrouped in 4 kinds; the first kind is the only one we currently recognize and is referred to as "Buddhi"
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Connie Pressley 1 weeks ago
This is very interesting. God choose the Word, the language. In the Bible He says look to the ants. I think each of you made reference to God. I'm wondering if you realized it? I correlate the number 7 to God.
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SwallowSomeTruth🤢 1 weeks ago
I knew this guy had to be from The Bay, wouldn't have thought he was wit The Hyphy Movement though.
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Joel Sullivan 3 weeks ago
The first woman and guy to talk are crushing so hard on each other it’s sweet.. look, even brilliant people get twiterpated 🥰
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John Travolta 3 weeks ago
Something needs to be said about everything that was just said here. Science can be amazing, but some questions are just unanswered. So, should we stop looking for questions that can't be answered? But then, it would imply that we should stop using the scientific method to answer specifics. We don't use science to prove something, we use science to test the theory that was created by the use of the method that was used previously to create the theory in the first place. In my opinion, these scientists are just throwing things out to see what happens.
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robert oakley 4 weeks ago
Our cells photosynthesis / our nervous system needs calcium threads and thousands of volts / scaler electricity/ our gut our second brain is full of bacteria/plants are full of bacteria .
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Joe Doe 1 months ago
Monica transmit great energy,she's very beautiful, greetings from Puerto Rico we have the plant that close is leafs ,very famous with kids in PR ,we call it ,morivivi!! But other countries call it different names 🇵🇷 ☀️🌊🏖️🌅🌴🌫️🌧️
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KiDpOkEr 1 months ago
So. Are you a plant within an environnent or a animal. Do people see you or dont they?
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Paul Stark 1 months ago
Us humans are all connected with what's around us. Be gentle. Even loose refuse. All was created by The All Mighty, GOD. This is excellent
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Itu Tris 1 months ago
(THE PLANT SPIRITS) + (THE ANIMAL DNA) = LIVING ANIMAL. AND (THE PLANT SPIRITS) + (THE HUMAN DNA ) = LIVING HUMAN. AND (DNA DEAD / THE MINERAL + WATER ) + (ENERGY QUANTUMELLY ) + ( THE TYPE INSTAL GHOST SPIRITS ) = LIVING DNA
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Psilocybe Cubensis 1 months ago
People say vegans are hypocrites for eating plants "because the feel pain". Well, even if that is true, what to the animals eat? A cow for example will eat magnitudes more plant calories than it produces in meat calories. So Not only are they murdering the cow.. the cow "murders" far more plants than I ever could eating my soy beans directly.. Flawed logic but they think they are smart and think they have a "gotcha" argument. lol
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