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I mean both classifications are arbitrary and made up, so defense of either side is equally valid (even if only because they're also equally invalid).
We don't even have a solid definition of what constitutes "life", or "consciousness", because we can't agree on what should be included, or how various aspects are defined.
In the end, words are just symbols or sounds that we try to - as consistently as possible - associate with ideas, but it's all made up.
That sounds scientifically incorrect. Mushrooms are closer to animals than they are to plants. They fundamentally do not resemble plants in any sense of the word, except maybe that they both grow in the ground.
How? At first blush, this seems absurd.
Disclaimer, it's been a while since middle school biology class where we might have talked about this subject.