The plants are acquiring information and making an independent change to their status with this information. Books do nothing with knowledge other than communicate it to others. Machines are unable to make independent changes to itself unless programmed to do so.
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kshade@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’d argue that knowledge is more than that, otherwise books or state machines could also be said to know things.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
epidemiologists agree: knowledge is a justified true belief.
socsa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
This is why I don't eat books