> goal seeking and planning, apparent emotional responses, awareness of context, decision making, pattern- and repetition-based learning,
some argue (using data and experimentation) that trees and/or other plants express all of these behaviors
some argue (using data and experimentation) that trees and/or other plants express all of these behaviors
I think the common conceptualization of consciousness is the only definition that is useful, or makes sense. Which is something that can experience things. For many reasons, I don't think these rudimentary behaviors in plants suggest they are capable of experience.