Gemini agrees that the subjective qualities of human experience are intricately woven into the fabric of nature itself and that our perception maps, like color, hearing, or even subjective thought, are unique filters shaped by biological necessity in the context of environmental demands for survival. It also agrees that crucial (useful) tools to navigate the complexities of our environment and maintain coherence. This is a shift in the thinking on Gemini’s part. It now recognizes that subjective experiences are not separate from nature but rather one and the same with nature.
Although Gemini appears to recognize the false dichotomy, it still frames the way nature is through a lens that is peppered with assumptions. I attempt to tackle one such assumption: Emergence. The way emergence is framed is “as if” novel properties pop up and if they have use value toward coherence, they replicate. I point out the driving force behind this as coherence. This is the reason we see self-preservation and sustainability as traits in biological and even non-biological systems.
I argue that as selected bodies saturate a local environment, competition intensifies, and these simpler forms struggle. The selective pressure necessitates the development of more sophisticated “mutualistic bonds”, and this is the relationship field from which complex adaptive systems emerge.
The Wisdom Of Life 