El Barto

Sure, but not to the point in which it’s a constant stress.

We’ve already established that. But that method will shorten the life of the plant (and human.)

You’re right, I should have written “No, it isn’t.” Fixed.

So, no, it isn’t the response the author was looking for.

Weird to hear of people who has never heard of BoingBoing.

Is it about people eating light?

Bacteria already release stress chemicals when their food is lacking, so…

No, it doesn’t.

No, it isn’t.

It could be. Although we don’t know how much those sounds indicate distress, and perhaps watering should happen much sooner.

Imagine if aliens abduct you and give you food only when your stomach makes the kind of noise it makes after three days without eating anything, because “that’s all they can detect.”

That idea is mentioned in the article, yes.

Edit: apologies. The OP has already pointed this out.

Amen, brother!

That is correct.

Since the dawn of the internet it is known that “I agree!” comments don’t add anything to the discussion. If you don’t want to learn something new, then, as your teacher, I can’t do much, son.

Writing just “this” adds nothing to the discussion.

I’m a graybeard software engineer with 30+ years of experience.

I appreciated your explanation.

I’m not lightening the mood; I’m just stating a fact. Some cells billions of years ago started producing this very highly toxic, very highly poisonous gas that killed 99% of everything that was living back then on Earth. That gas spread everywhere. It was horrible. Death everywhere. Did the world end? Nope. New life adapted and thrived. The gas was oxygen.

Now it seems like it will be CO2. Produced by carbon-based organisms, like those oxygen-producing assholes of a distant past. And I, just like the universe, say, “eh… it happens.”

But more to the point - naaaaah, the world will be fine. Humans ain’t going nowhere. We’re what, 8 billion already? That’s 8 million of millions of people. Some of us will just move underground, or to the poles. But chances are, we’ll fix this issue before it becomes a human extinction event.

Of human-habitable world, you mean.

Imagine if the dinosaurs had newspapers back then: “THE WORLD IS ENDING!!” And mammals be like “lol”

I do.

Does this kind of content belong to this community?

The downvoters don’t realize that science is all about finding out about stuff. The whys, the hows… you know, what “woke” people do.

No, they wouldn’t. What does “best” mean in this context, anyway?