Human Evolution & Intelligence StudiesTrending Away From Reductionism


	Human Evolution & Intelligence StudiesTrending Away From Reductionism

Silkweaver

4-8-2008 5:58 AM

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4-9-2008 7:16 PM

syncopath

The environment is everything that isn't me.
Albert Einstein

4-9-2008 7:16 PM

syncopath

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.
Kevin Kelly

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