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There is a component of the Gaia hypothesis which seems anthropomorphic, but this is a reductive way of understanding the theory. The way you need to understan
by stanfordkid 6y ago
There is a component of the Gaia hypothesis which seems anthropomorphic, but this is a reductive way of understanding the theory.
The way you need to understand it is that most natural systems implement homeostasis on multiple scales, and information transferred between organisms has a somewhat communicable nature because organisms evolved and competed within a shared environment -- e.g human beings proteins are responses to environmental conditions.
- guerrilla 6y agoI agree that that is a better understanding of what is being proposed but feel it could have been phrased with less presumption about my understanding as it comes off a bit condescending. I didn't intend to rule that out, nor go into detail. I hinted at what you're saying in referring to holism.
- stanfordkid 6y agoI was responding to the OP not your comment, which is getting at the same point more tersely.
- guerrilla 6y agoAh, sorry, I misunderstood the referent of "you" then. :)