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I READ AN ARTICLE IN A MAGAZINE (LONG SINCE LOST) (PERHAPS OMNI) CIRCA 1970'S DESCRIBING AN EXPERIMENT WHEREBY A COMMON HOUSEPLANT WAS CONNECTED TO A "LIE DETECTOR". THERE WERE SEVERAL PLANTS IN A ROOM. A MAN WAS SELECTED AT RANDOM TO SERVE AS AN "ASSASIN"...HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO ENTER THE ROOM AND UP-ROOT ONE OF THE MANY POTTED PLANTS, THUS DESTROYING THE PLANT. LATER, WITH THE "WITNESS" PLANT CONNECTED TO THE "LIE DETECTOR" SEVERAL MEN WERE PARADED THROUGH THE ROOM. WHEN THE "KILLER" CAME IN TO THE ROOM, THE "WITNESS" PLANT SENT READINGS OFF THE SCALE! THE ARTICLE WENT ON TO DISCRIBE HOW THE "WITNESS" PLANT COULD SENCE THE REASERCH SCIENTISTS' THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS FROM AFAR. I KNOW I READ IT! CAN'T FIND IT! PLEASE HELP.
Re: COULD YOU DIRECT ME TO THE ARTICLES ON PLANTS' EMOTIONS
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