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it's kind of a miracle that that a collection of individual cells with their own agendas and their own ability to pursue various goals in physiological space and and Gene expressions face and so on that there is a way to arrange 00:02:52 those things that give rise to this gives rise to this emergent new self that operates in a different problem space
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- it's kind of a miracle that a collection of individual cells with their own agendas and their own ability to pursue various goals in physiological space and gene expressions, that there is a way to arrange those things that give rise to this emergent new self that operates in a different problem space
- author: Michael Levin
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- He also points out how contradictory many of the behaviors of the emergent, composite self is to the wellbeing of the individual parts.
- We are all aware of the many destructive behaviors that the emergent, composite human superorganism can participate in such as:
- drug addiction
- violence
- suicide
- poor diet
- lack of exercise
- destructive emotional behavior
- etc
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