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If we scale the rock up to earth, the ontological boundary would be similar, so maybe the earth is conscious?
by mensetmanusman 3y ago
If we scale the rock up to earth, the ontological boundary would be similar, so maybe the earth is conscious?
- lukifer 3y agoI'd certainly entertain it as possibility. From a purely physical perspective, I think the Gaia Hypothesis [0] has some validity to it, even if the analogy to DNA organisms is deeply imperfect. Where I stumble, though, is identifying a way in which the Earth is actively chasing any sort of free energy differential, meaning no iterated selection pressures, and (probably) nothing we could call intelligence. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThe choice of where to place natural disasters to increase entropy production of life:)