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What exactly is "vulgar materialism?" Why is it incorrect?

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I see this term a lot, people saying “that’s just vulgar materialism!” I haven’t seen an explanation of what it is yet.

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If you haven’t read it yet, The Light Eaters is a fantastic book that just came out summarising the latest plant “cognition” research. It’s exciting to see how complex their communication and internal regulation are once we have the tools to detect those things.

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