Observation 292

Abstract

How much science does the government need to change policy? In this philosophical short story fiction, Dr. Robert Flose is a botanist studying plants. For many years now, eating meat has been banned, but Dr. Flose has concerns about plants as well. Finally, he devises a tool that is able to measure levels of thought, feeling, and sentience, in all things. Much to his surprise, he finds plants are a higher life form than both humans and animals. And, unlike animals, they continue to live when separated from their base plant. In fact, the very salad on his plate screams out when it is eaten, if only humans had the tools to hear it. Dr. Flose presents his findings to the President, and is sent to a top-secret base to continue his research. His research confirms his findings again and again as he becomes increasingly more concerned about the daily genocide happening on dinner plates across the world. In the end, the government has him killed.