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What you have done, is simply added a symbol to a phenomena. What exactly does the symbol "super-organism" mean to you? Or to anyone for that matter? If it does
by ImHereToVote 4y ago
What you have done, is simply added a symbol to a phenomena. What exactly does the symbol "super-organism" mean to you? Or to anyone for that matter? If it doesn't have a rigorous definition then it is simply a token that evokes an emotional reaction.
- raydiatian 4y agoI think it’s an accepted concept in the biology community. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superorganism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superorganism
- yamrzou 4y ago> What you have done, is simply added a symbol to a phenomena. Isn't that what we always do when we use language? To me a "super-organism" means seeing the whole instead of the parts. When I speak about myself, I don't say: my hands did, my feet walked. I say: I did, I walked. In my mind, I don't picture the multitude of cells composing my body as individual organisms, rather as parts of a single unit.