Video Plants and Polygraphs - The Backster Effect

[Fatmankev]

So this shit is kinda crazy, this dude, Cleve Backster, whom I believe is known as the Father of the Polygraph, found out that you could hook up the galvanic response diode of a polygraph system to a plant to get some very interesting results. Namely, he came to the conclusion that plants can sense human intentions, and can feel pain of other living entities within a fairly large range.

Let it be known that the experiments are disputed due to the unacceptable controls they used (or didn't use, rather), but the experiments have been replicated many times by both Backster and his colleagues and many other groups, including the Mythbusters, all of whom agree that, if nothing else, there are some very, very strange coincidences. So check it out!

 

[FireCat]

Well, plants are living things. hmm

 

[Fatmankev]

Sure.

 

[rover2341]

I call bull crap. But would be cool to see a serious studie on it that shows results, and how it you could infer that's whats going on.

Interesting non the less.

 

[Fatmankev]

Interesting non the less.

Yeah, that's my general opinion of it. It would be cool to see the tests done in a more controlled environment, though.

 

[FireCat]

I call bull crap

If they’re alive they must have some kind of feeling. No? lol

 

[The Helper]

For Great Justice!