The larger Gaian system generates an impulse in its organisms to behave in certain ways. In essence the many types of possible behavioral states inherent in the various organisms of Earth are emergent behaviors of the self-organized system. And this includes the capacity for expanding gating channels And rather than a top-down approach, the organisms themselves are left to choose their own self-generated responses to environmental perturbation based on their own, self-intuited genius. They are allowed—even stimulated—to innovate. This results in tremendous adaptability in the system as each
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