superorganism

In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument) is a complex adaptive system of organs that influence each other in such a way that they function as a more or less stable whole and have properties of life. The origin of life and the relationships between its major lineages are controversial. Two main grades may be distinguished, the prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The prokaryotes are generally considered to represent two separate domains, called the Bacteria and Archaea, which are not closer to one anothe ...

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superorganism: Encyclopedia - Climax community The term climax community is an outdated ecological term for a community of plants and animals which is the result of succession, where a biological system, a community, or a soil has reached a steady state. The idea of a single climatic climax originates with Frederic Clements' idea of the ecological community as an organic superorganism in which the various stages of successional development could be seen as analogous with the ontological development of an organism. Clement's "monoclimax" theory was contrasted with Arthur Tan ...

superorganism: Encyclopedia II - Global brain - Other names for this concept

Different people have proposed many different names for this concept of a cognitive system at the planetary level: planetary brain (Joël de Rosnay) World Brain (H. G. Wells) noosphere (Teilhard de Chardin) super-brain (Francis Heylighen) social brain global mind hive-mind by Wikipedia editor Lion Kimbro For the global superorganism, there are some less obvious equivalent terms, such as Metaman (Gregory Stock) cybion (Joël de Rosnay) s ...

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superorganism: Encyclopedia - James Lovelock

James Ephraim Lovelock (born July 26, 1919), FRS, is an independent scientist, author, researcher and environmentalist who lives in Cornwall, in the south west of Great Britain. He is most famous for proposing and popularizing the Gaia hypothesis, in which he postulates that the Earth functions as a kind of superorganism (a term coined by Lynn Margulis). James Lovelock - Life history. Lovelock was born in Letchworth Garden City. He studied chemistry at the University of Manchester before taking up a Medical ...

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superorganism: Man not Measure Of All Things

Man is no longer to be the measure of all things, the centre of the universe. He has been measured and found to be an undistinguished bit of matter, different in no essential way from bacteria, stones and trees. His goals and purposes, his egocentric notions of past, present and future; his faith in his power to predict and through prediction to control his destiny - all these are called into question, considered irrelevant, or deemed trivial.

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superorganism: Encyclopedia - Vegetation

Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. The term vegetation does not, by itself, imply anything regarding species composition, life forms, structure, spatial extent, "naturalness", or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader than the term flora which refers exclusively to species composition. Perhaps the closest synonym is plant community, but vegeta ...

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superorganism: Encyclopedia - Insect

Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely distributed taxon within the Phylum Arthropoda. Insects comprise the most diverse group of animals on the earth, with over 800,000 species described—more than all other animal groups combined: "Indeed, in no one of her works has Nature more fully displayed her exhaustless ingenuity," Pliny exclaimed. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species have adapted to life in the ocean ...

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superorganism: Encyclopedia - Ant

Dorylomorph subfamilies Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicomorph subfamilies: Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e.g. Formica Leptanillomorph subfamilies: Leptanillinae Leptanilloidinae Myrmeciomorph subfamilies: Myrmeciinae eg. Myrmecia Pseudomyrmecinae Myrmicomorph subfamilies: Agroecomyrmecinae Myrmicinae ...

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superorganism: Encyclopedia - Conservation ethic

The Conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its forests, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to protect the natural world. Conservation ethic - Introduction. To conserve habitat in terrestrial ecoregions and stop deforestation is a goal widely shared by many groups with a wide vari ...

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superorganism: Encyclopedia II - List of antagonists in Xenosaga - Patriarch

The Patriarch is the leader of the Immigrant Fleet and, ultimately, head of the Ormus superorganization prior his death in Xenosaga Episode II. The Patriarch was obsessed with obtaining the Zohar for the ultimate power that his religion and society preached about. He used Ormus and its dummy corporations and contacts, including U-TIC and Albedo, to unlock Old Miltia and retreive the Original Zohar and Proto Omega, which was the ultimate weapon in the known galaxy. However, his subordinates, namely Margulis, Sellers, and Heinlei ...

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