The Disappearing Spoon podcast looked into what it calls “The Dignity of the Ig Nobels — Winning an Ig Nobel Prize is largely considered a joke, but its benefits are no laughing matter”. The podcast, with host Sam Kean, is a project of the Science History Institute. The introduction to this episode says: The Ig […]
Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house perhaps demonstrated, better than has ever been demonstrated, a principle that is part of the legal system in Switzerland: the principle that plants have dignity. We strongly urge you to watch the performance. CNN reports: Barcelona opera house reopens with performance to 2,292 plants It’s not uncommon for […]
Plants not only have dignity, as enshrined in Swiss law and explained in the pamphlet The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants. Plants are intelligent, in ways some humans are slow to recognize. That first notion was honored with the an Ig Nobel Peace Prize, the second notion is explored in a new book called Brilliant Green: The […]
