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SO ENDS this meditation on the pervasive popular theme 'nature red in tooth and claw.' For your consideration, a new synthesis of the thinking of great scientists is proposed, which is radically contrary to the Victorian view of nature and commerce and even society itself. We have learned a lot since Darwin. And we have an immense amount more to learn. But this may be an adjustment worth thinking about. View in LinkedIn

NEW VIEW OF NATURAL WORLD. Life is driven to increase sophisticated information. Every action of organisms contributes to this primary goal. This is achieved across all species by aeons of co-evolution, collaboration, information sharing, and symbiosis. The primary energy source that fuels this increase in global information is photons from the sun. All ecosystem interactions are spectral, but are dominantly characterized by interdependence, connectivity, and balance. View in LinkedIn

SIX ANSWERS exist for the 'red in tooth and claw' supposition. Firstly, building greater biological information in genes and all organism all actions support this single goal; second, photons from the sun drive primary production of all complex molecules; thirdly, autotrophs feeding on photons dominate the planet; fourthly, connected interactions between individuals and species create genetic diversity; fifthly, death is critical for the evolution of fresh genes; and sixth, symbiosis and natural balance are prevalent. View in LinkedIn

TIPPING POINT THINKING. "Human activities are pushing Earth toward a "tipping point" that could cause sudden, irreversible changes in relatively stable conditions that have allowed civilization to flourish, a new study warns." https://lnkd.in/dizGdhp View in LinkedIn

CHANGES IN THINKING. "This shift is clear in the writings of Bill McKibben, who talks frequently about balance, but about balance with nature, not balance of nature, and how humankind is headed towards a catastrophic future if it does not act promptly and radically to rebalance society with nature." http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001963 View in LinkedIn

SYMBIOSIS with ancient microorganisms created our mitochondria, our nucleus, and the chloroplasts of photosynthetic creatures. This resulted in the sharing of big chunks of genes with the host, and a huge leap forward for eukaryotes. View in LinkedIn

COOPERATION MODEL. Margulis and Sagan: "the view of evolution as chronic bloody competition…dissolves before a new view of continual cooperation…Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking." https://lnkd.in/dNEtvR8 View in LinkedIn

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BALANCE OF NATURE. "The idea that there is a "balance of nature" is commonly held by biologists. They feel that the organisms in a community are harmoniously adjusted to one another so that a state of dynamic equilibrium exists." https://lnkd.in/dK-66Q6 View in LinkedIn

MODEL OPTIMIZATION. "The learning process optimises the fit of the model to the observations (or minimises the discrepancy between the model and the observations) by incrementally adjusting the parameters of the model." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-015-9358-z View in LinkedIn