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> QUOTE: "[i]Efrat Dener, now a master&apos;s student at Ben Gurion University, Israel, and the study&apos;s first author, said: "Like most people, including even experienced farmers and gardeners, I used to look at plants as passive receivers of circumstances. This line of experiments illustrates how wrong that view is: living organisms are designed by natural selection to exploit their opportunities, and this often implies a great deal of flexibility[/i]."-David&apos;s comment: [i]I&apos;m not surprised at the findings. In the unpredictable pot at low concentration, more roots means more root searching for scant food, while at the higher level the plant is getting a satisfactory supply so extra root growth supplies more energy. All could be based on sensory programming. As usual the living organisms are very inventive in arranging for survival.[/i]-As always, I must thank you for the rich array of articles you are presenting to us. There isn&apos;t time to comment on all of them, and in many cases there is no need to do so anyway, but they really are appreciated. In this particular case, I cannot resist returning to the panpsychist view that all living organisms are possessed of some form of quasi-consciousness. I agree with the author that plants are not mere &#147;[i]passive receivers[/i]&#148;, though I disagree that they are &#147;[i]designed by natural selection[/i]&#148;. Natural selection never designed anything: it can only select from what is already in existence. I like your comment: &#147;[i]As usual the living organisms are very inventive in arranging for survival.[/i]&#148; Yes, indeed. It may even be that your God does not need to "help" them, because he has given them the means to do the inventing for themselves.