Are Plants Intelligent? | Galya Petrova | TEDxVitosha

Geneticist Galya Petrova explores the idea of plant intelligence and asks whether it could help address the climate crisis. Drawing on her research into rare and endemic plants, she challenges common assumptions about how living things communicate. The talk was given at TEDxVitosha, an independently organized event that follows the TED conference format.

• The concept of plant intelligence
• Rethinking how living things communicate
• Link to climate crisis and sustainability

PhD geneticist Galya Petrova reveals how embracing the radical concept of plant intelligence might just be the key to our battle against the climate crisis. Galya Petrova is a geneticist, biology teacher, and a researcher dedicated to the hidden lives of rare and endemic plants. Her deep dive into the botanical world challenges our fundamental understanding of how living things communicate. We usually associate "intelligence" with a brain, and "conversations" with spoken words. While today's world constantly debates whether intelligence is artificial or natural, Galya asks us to look at nature differently: could there be such a thing as plant intelligence? This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx