Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: Wolf Kirchmeir (wwolfkir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 02/14/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:04:18 -0500
Albert wrote:
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> Have you ever heard of circumnutation, where a vine moves its growing
> tip in an ellipse at right angles to the sun seeking something to twine
> about? If the light source changes position, the plant can reorient
> itself within 10 minutes. If it encounters a flat surface, it can back
> off and readjust its search. Japanese and Chinese varieties of Wisteria
> twine in opposite directions. Morning glories will twine either direction.
> And don't forget insect eating plants like the Venus Flytrap. It was
> seem a sense of touch is useful to a plant.
As I understand the mechanism of a Venus flytrap, the action is more
like that of a mousetrap than of an hand responding to a touch.
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