Writer Michael Pollan provides play-by-play commentary on these time-lapse videos of plants striving to reach a pole. It really does seem like the plants have a conscious intention to meet a goal. I missed this video when the New Yorker first ran it in 2014.
Michael Pollan discusses how time-lapse photography reveals the hidden life of plants
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String quartet performs for a sold-out audience of 3,000 plants
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