Recent studies actually show the opposite of “no sentience”. Plants communicate with each other, even across different species and kingdoms. That means certain animals for example can understand signals from plants better than they understand us.

And that’s just communication. The world of life on earth is so much more than the naive human way of thinking. In fact, it’s likely we’ve already encountered multiple different life forms from space already, and we just have no way to know yet.

So please. Jump off the high horse, take off your hat, and acknowledge that the food on your plate has had a very diverse, colorful life. You can still choose not to eat animals. Just like I choose not to eat dogs and cats, some people see them no different to cows, pigs, and plants.

It’s all just nutrients. So respect it.

Edit: Here’s an example of how much we understand what dogs see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf4k0VgCQjg

Fungi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tjt8WT5mRs