It seems that plants can be astute decision makers: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160630135859.htm
More of the same: Though they lack brains, plants know how to gauge risks and rewards better than most humans. Who you calling a peabrain? http://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/plants-better-gamblers/ ...Effectively, these pea plants played the risk sensitivity theory perfectly. This theory says that the best possible outcome is to maximize your odds by taking risks when you stand to lose little anyway and go with the safest bet when you stand to lose a lot. “It raises a question, not about plants, but about animals and humans, because if plants can solve this problem simply,” then maybe humans can, too,” Hagai Shemesh, a plant ecologist at Tel-Hai College in Israel who worked on the study told the New York Times. “We have a very fancy brain, but maybe most of the time we’re not using it.” “In bad conditions, the only chance of success is to take a chance and hope it works out, and that’s what the plants are doing,” said Nick Chater, a behavioral psychologist at the University of Warwick in Britain, who was not involved in the study. In this respect, plants seem to have the edge on humans who, although have big brains, get clouded by emotions. A plant doesn’t get hyped at the prospect of bathing in nutrients because 1) it doesn’t have thoughts 2) it just flows with the best possibilities for its survival — and that’s simply amazing!