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The more I learn
about the human body and the similarities it shares with the world or
essentially nature, the more I am in awe with this.
I found this
paragraph in the International Geological Congress OSOL 2008, August 6 throughthe 14th:
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Connections between earth and human body
processes - uniformitarianism and homeostasis
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William Size, Emory University (United
States)
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“The inorganic physiology of earth compares in
many ways to that of the human body - they are both complex, adaptive, system
of systems, operating at various scales and levels of performance. When
corresponding processes are alike in their structure or function they are
homologous or archetypes. Displaying these generic similarities and
attributes provides a clearer picture of natural processes and human health
without the divisive, derived entanglements that increasingly isolated
disciplines have produced. This process or system science approach to
learning resonates with students. For example, the weathering process in
rocks and the aging process in humans are basically homologous. Processes
such as exfoliation, oxidation, and erosion describe both. The process of
biogeochemical (re)cycling, including exchange rates, residence time, and
chemical sinks relate just as easily to human processes of digestion and
respiration as to plate tectonics, volcanism, and climate change. Human
metabolism has many analogs with earth energy budgets and conversion. Earth's
immune system is one of resilience and, just as in humans, it can resist
change, become sick, or suffer irreversible catastrophe. Earth has a
respiratory system and humans have weather patterns and climate controls.
Earth has a nervous system and humans have stress patterns and earthquakes.
Earth has blood vessels, lungs, liver, and kidneys and humans have stream
networks, neural networks, climates, and swamps. One purpose for this
investigation is to format an electronic guidebook in such a way as to allow
students to actively participate in the branching and interweaving of
systems.”
I know this reading is a bit complex but the
message is really pretty cool at least to me.
I think there is such a strong connection
between the body and nature that it would be crazy not to acknowledge this.
For example, I am suffering a headache today and I believe this is partly in
response to allergies and the storms that are rolling through my area.
Barometric pressure most definitely impacts me.
What are your thoughts about the human body and
whether it shares connections with the earth? Is it significant to you? Let’s talk about it!
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