{"id":9884,"date":"2020-08-28T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2020-08-28T13:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T18:15:12","slug":"plants-are-light-eating-beings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=9884","title":{"rendered":"Plants are light eating beings."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&gt; \u201cPlants are light eating beings.\u201d That shocked me. I read it again. \u201cPlants are light eating beings.\u201d The statement is true as long as the \u201cbeing\u201d is understood as an organism and not something possessing personhood. But it wasn\u2019t the \u201cbeing\u201d that shocked me. It was the fact that there really are living creations that grow, and reproduce, and die which eat light. Plants convert rays, or particles, or whatever scientists are labeling what emanates from the sun nowadays, and turn it into food. They take what is intangible and make something of it, namely their livelihood. Sure, they pull moisture and nutrients in through their roots (which, by the way, is incredible as well), but light is what feeds them. That is truly amazing! And I walk by these creations every day. They decorate our living room and hallway. I even have some in my bedroom! Plants eat light. Imagine that. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=584%2C438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9885\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?w=2560 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=533%2C400 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scquest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img_5483-scaled.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt; \u201cPlants are light eating beings.\u201d That shocked me. I read it again. \u201cPlants are light eating beings.\u201d The statement is true as long as the \u201cbeing\u201d is understood as an organism and not something possessing personhood. 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