Ever wondered why humanity seems “destined” to crumble? “Evolution runs by selecting only some but not all information to pass on through the line of descent.” Here is a wide misconception that is perpetuated by textbooks — such information selection (aka. natural selection) only happens on the level of “individuals” i.e., the package of traits of me and …
One common criticism against (multi) group-level selection (in favor of kin selection under inclusive fitness framework, which fits the individual selection, plus selfish “genes” narratives better) in explaining the evolution of altruism or other group-oriented traits is that a “group” is ill-defined, organisms seem to come and go and interact ephemerally. However, the concept of …
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How Mother Earth can be destroyed — an energy perspective on why mass extinction occurs.
After all, we and Mother Nature come from the same life force.
Thanks for reaching the very end of this trilogy! 😉 I want to briefly mention that, having r-strategists in an ecosystem is natural and not inherently “evil”, no matter how badly you might think of them after reading my article. They only become a problem when they are “quantitatively” out of balance. In fact, fast …
Who are we? — Understanding ourselves in ecological terms and what it means to our fate.
Speed underpins every phenomenon of our Universe, and our problems too.
The notion that we ought to aim for a good relationship and maintain a good state of Mother Nature might of course trigger unease in some. The point is not to propose we need to give up everything for a better Mother Nature (as with the logic in hardcore consequentialism, as well as the “us vs. them” paradigm)…
The view that “bad” culture/beliefs underlie environmental problems is not new in environmental stuides. But how exactly is it effected? What is our Achilles’ heel that is holding us back? Anthropocentric morality may be so.
