Eric Boyd wrote:
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<clip>Actually, I view "natural" and "human" as the two categories -- with an
implicit recognition that humans are just the latest natural thing. There
is, no doubt, a blurred line between the two -- but I think it's a mistake
to lump them into the same basket, as humans have been traditionally (and
still are) basically at war with nature. We need to keep the line drawn so
that we don't overstep ourselves too much and provide for our own downfall
(through the implicit link between human and natural)
ERiCWe only seem at "war" with nature, because our nature, the thinking creatures that make the natural replicators of memes a possibility, is so much more powerful than mere genes. If one thinks of life as self replicating information not only does man fit in, but indeed is the fittest!