Wednesday 7 October 2009

Cauliflower conscious in a float tank?

We see here the actual cauliflower used in the experiment

You can see if you look closely the electrodes used to look for electrical waves (Cauli-wobbles)
while the subject was in the float tank.

Method: The cauliflower was chosen for size, attractiveness and suitability from the one I had. It was clearly the most promising vegetable for the detection of waves.

Electrodes were attached to the lateral cortex and monitored with a high impedance, high gain amplifier and recording apparatus. (unfortunately the recording apparatus was more suitable for acoustic waves so no record of the experiment remains).

The cauliflower was trained in the use of the float tank, and introduced to the interior. No colour therapy was used.

Results:
After floating immobile for 40 minutes, clear cauliwobble waves in the theta and alpha bands were detected indicating a deep profound relaxed state. Since this state is mildly suggestible as in hypnosis, suggestions were made to the cauliflower for later research.

The most successful of these was the suggestion that the cauliflower was proficient in French. Following this suggestion the cauliwobble waves took on a pronounced Omegane form which persisted for several minutes.

After floating the cauliflower was evidently relaxed and stress free, and was dripping on the towel provided in a free and passive way for half an hour. There was no pain as far as we could tell.

Conclusions:
It is early days for the development of consciousness in vegetables but this technique clearly has potential for further work.
We found the cauliflower had a compatibility with cheese but unfortunately we had not tested for this before the floating experiment and so no conclusions can be drawn.
We invite others to verify the results of these experiments while others are prepared.

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