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The relationship between energy and information
I read that the Inuit consider the caribou and the wolf to be complimentary parts of an inclusive, larger entity. I am curious whether it is useful to view the relationship between energy and ...
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is there a theory of social 'vaccination' against destructive ideologies?
One can notice certain similarities between domains of
biology, in which live organisms cope with viruses
sociology, where societies cope with destructive ideologies
Drawing an analogy, we can ...
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How does the idea of “biological imperative” relate to species and members of species?
I suspect a biological imperative describes something that every member of a species has to do or have to survive to keep the species going. If we talk about a biological imperative with respect to ...