Let's Get Metaphysical
The current geo-political spasms that you see across the globe are the inevitable result of Gaia giving birth to its post-human offspring. I am convinced that the Earth is a living intelligent organism in the literal scientific sense. This is not just poetic linguistic cunnings. This is hardcore science. The problem is that as constituent components of this larger organism, each one of us has difficulty seeing the whole for what it is: a conscious living nervous system in which we are a computational component.
Play with me here for just a bit. Put on your cyberpunk goggles, and let us assume that the theory is correct, the planet is an intelligent organism. If so, then what is it thinking? How? What are its aims? When? With whom? Where is the party? Suddenly, if you take this seemingly ridiculous exercise seriously, you're going to start thinking big thoughts. You'll start thinking about travelling to Mars or exploring black holes. You'll start thinking about quantum theory and teleportation sex. The mind recoils from the expansion of consciousness because it is simply not equipped to handle the energies necessary to process the complexity of those big ideas. We have larval problems here on Earth, so our focus is more narrow. This is why you need a planetary intelligence to worry about that stuff at a higher level. We might get odd individuals here and there who can harness and direct some of those energies, but even they can't do everything. Therefore, a planet-wide intelligent network is needed to handle those higher level energies. Gaia is that network.
Now hold on! Don't go just yet. Just hear me out. So, let us assume that the Earth is an intelligent organism, then does it not make sense that it will grow and transform, eventually give birth to new offspring, just like every living organism in the history of life on this planet? Does it not follow then that while the birth pangs can be difficult, if we understand the process and implement a procedure in a calm rational manner, then symptoms can be alleviated until the new species is born? We don't freak out when a woman is about to give birth, do we? We make her comfortable and implement a series of steps. Sure, there's the odd problem that can arise now and then, but things turn out well in the end for the most part. Same with Earth, Gaia, she's undergoing a transformation from one stage to another. Somehow, she got herself knocked up, and it is up to us to ensure "the baby" is delivered safely, and then we can answer one key question: who's the father?
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Love your quest for answers that goes beyond what's in plain sight. With quantum physics a lot of new possibilities emerge right in front of our very eyes. As we expand our individual consciousness thus impacting the collective, new paths and adventures are revealed to us. But than again, if we're in a holographic simulation which mainstream science now also starts to acknowledge, the concept of AI and computational networks get a totally new meaning 😉
We're living through some fascinating times. So many new discoveries and developments are making us rethink who or what we are. Our place in the scheme of things. I'm happy you found the thought experiment a bit interesting. Thank you for reading and your wonderful comment!
Galia a living organism we are for her bacteria which proliferate and for her are this desire is to without getting rid of just like us when the bacteria make us sick. Afterwards there are also good bacteria but too few for Galia to smell them. We can also see humanity as a yeast, a micosis for which we cannot get rid of, even if we use antifungals, it decreases in size but if the treatment is stopped too soon, it returns to normal. When I read your text I remembered a thought I had 20 years ago. When I move through the countryside and I see housing estates being built with 10, 20, 30 houses in an area that was previously virgin, I saw it like mushrooms growing right and left invading the rural landscape. Man does not know how to stop, he must establish himself more and more quickly and always further and further. Let's imagine that we could colonize Mars, what will happen? Total destruction of this planet. In less than 300 years war between Earth and Mars with the key independence of Mars as an independent people and nation.... Extraction of natural resources in mass trade with other planets or moons to colonize for humans....
All this is not very happy for our descendants and Gallia who risks seeing her sisters contaminated by the bacteria she gave them.
However, I hoped that humanity realizes its madness and calms this expansion and destruction of our land which welcomes us and very quickly learns to respect it.
This is a different and interesting take on it too. I have heard the idea of humans as bacteria, or cancer as others have said. I do not hold this view. Perhaps, as you say, humans are a foreign bacteria on Earth. I am an optimist, however, and I believe that humans are part of the Earth, not separate from it. Therefore, we are Gaia. Her brain. And like all organisms alive on this planet, Gaia produces pollution. If an organism doesn't produce pollution, then it's likely dead or in a hibernating state. So, the destruction we see around us is a natural consequence of Gaia being alive and exploiting her environment to grow and evolve. Life is messy business.
I see expansion beyond Mars, across the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe at large. Trillions of galaxies with a septillion stars, plus dark matter and energy to boot. I imagine that the universe itself is a giant nervous system, and we are the cells coming together and forming its components. Humans will give way to new higher structures who are more intelligent and are able to harness greater levels of energy. Borg-like perhaps. So, I don't view humans as malignant entities destroying a planet, I see us as individual neuro-components of a universal structure that is passing through different stages of growth.
Thank you for throwing your ideas in the mix!