“Is Planet Earth Alive?” with Ferris Jabr

[@1237barca]

Yes

[@demonicaxeman7264]

Trees have stunning complex signs of life and they get their life force from their roots in the earth. This is equivalent of a red blood cell looking at fibers and wondering if the whole system it lives in is alive.

[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

Trees don't get "life force" from anything, they extract nutrients out of the soil via their roots. Stop with the woo-woo bullshit.

[@New-Breed-Drywall-And-Paint]

Idk but the woman on Maury that was scared of cotton fibers is starting to look less and less funny to me . These fibers are alive