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“It doesn’t count as communication bc plants aren’t capable of thoughts or knowledge” paraphrasing here but dude. Come on. Human exceptionalism is SO 1645.

Also. ALSO can We talk about the fact that he doesn’t distinguish between different categories or types of pesticides? That’s a major portion of the conversation, it’s a major determinant of how impactful the pesticides will truly be, and yet he glosses right over that. Dude, if you’re going to be propesticide, at least cite specifics

The pesticide info… the statistical prevalence of pesticides a) does not consider their severity on plants/monoculture systems b) does not consider the extent to which pesticides influence larger, “external” ecologies c) does not consider their degradation processes and timelines at all. Bro, go read Carson. The heck was that.