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Church of Reality: Barbara McClintock on Scientific Mysticism and Plant Consciousness

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This post is part of a series on the philosophical and spiritual views of prominent scientists and mathematicians. Past subjects include Erwin Schrödinger and Georg Cantor. Future subjects will include Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck. Upgrade to paid Barbara McClintock was a cytogeneticist and a pioneer of non-Mendelian genetics. In 1983, she earned an unshared Nobel Prize for her discovery of chromosomal crossover, or “jumping genes”. McClintock was also a self-described mystic. She used altered states of mind to gain insight into complex systems. And she empathized deeply with the plants she studied—she saw a level of awareness in plants that we typically reserve for mammals. McClintock’s philosophy and mystical experiences had a huge influence on her work. Let’s see how her beliefs and her discoveries built on one another. Intuitive Knowledge The Eucalyptus Trees Ego-Reduction and Flow States Plant Consciousness Pain is an Illusion The Inadequacy of Science Privat

Church of Reality: Barbara McClintock on Scientific Mysticism and Plant Consciousness "Every time I walk on grass I feel sorry because I know the grass is screaming at me." Max Goodbird Nov 05, 2022 56 10 3 Share This post is part of a series on the philosophical and spiritual views of prominent scientists and mathematicians. Past subjects include Erwin Schrödinger and Georg Cantor . Future subjects will include Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Planck. Subscribe Barbara McClintock was a cytogeneticist and a pioneer of non-Mendelian genetics. In 1983, she earned an unshared Nobel Pri

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