- 15 - The flatworm experiments conducted by McConnel showed that the animals that regenerated from both halves had retained their original memory. This led to the conclusion that memory must not necessarily be tied to the brain. It can also find a home in other cells of the body. This result was sensational! The New York Times headlines: “Devour your own professor!” The theory of the grandmother cell was popular right into the seventies. The memory of one’s grandmother for instance, was supposed to be stored in one singular cell according to this theory, A simple deliberation eventually however refuted this idea: As braincells constantly die, a constant obliteration of individual memories would take place. The memory of the grandmother would at some stage also be simply switched off - something that obviously does not conform with reality. The theory of memory molecules could not maintain itself. McConnel’s sensational experiment entered the annals of sciences as a mistake. 1. 9 The Backster-Effect The American Cleve Backster, one of the leading American lie detector specialists at that time, publicly asserted in 1968, that plants also possessed a consciousness. That they were able to telepathically receive messages sent from human beings or other animal organisms. - Plants certainly do not possess a brain. Do we already have proof for this assumption in our hands? Can spirit exist without a brain? • Backster randomly got the idea to attach the electrodes of a lie detector to a philodendron. He then poured water into the flowerpot. The recorder of the lie detector showed a reaction that Backster was familiar with from his human test series and was therefore able to identify: Joyful excitement. This gave Backster the idea to try the reveres way. He endeavoured to scare the plant. He initially did not succeed. The philodendron did not seem to get excited when Backster dunked its leaves in coffee, not even when he tore individual pieces from it. Backster then got the idea of scorching the plant. • Even though the plant had never come in touch with steam or fire, it seemed to accurately recognise the deadly danger. The lie detector signalled panic stricken dismay when Backster came up with the idea to hold his cigarette lighter near the rhododendron. Mind you - this was when Backster came up with the idea! Not that he actually carried out his idea! The plants managed in some unimaginable way to guess what took place in Backster’s brain. They reacted to his thoughts and not his deeds. For another experiment, Backster constructed an automatic apparatus that could tip living crabs into boiling water, even when nobody was in the room. The philodendron registered the second of death of the crabs with vehement emotions. It seems obvious that not only people are able to send thought signals that a plant can receive.
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