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Right. If the genes were giving the snail sores, we'd call it a virus. Perception is reality
by crayz 16y ago
Right. If the genes were giving the snail sores, we'd call it a virus. Perception is reality
- davidw 16y agoWhat I would call reality is the percentage of the genome from the original snails and from the algae.
- eru 16y agoThat's probably a good way to look at the issue.
- 8ren 16y agoOutcome is reality. I recall a definition of mental illness that requires it to have a negative impact on the person. A mutation may be adaptive or maladaptive. It depends on the creature as a whole - and also the current environment. That environment is analogous to the market part of "product+market" for a startup: the identical technology/product can be a winner or a loser, depending on extra-product factors.
- eru 16y agoYes, outcome is reality. But the words we use, plant taking over snail or snail stealing plant genes, are shaped by perception.
- 8ren 16y agoI see that your reply to davidw was about actor/object; but I was replying to crayz, who was talking about "borrowing some DNA"/"being infected" ie. whether the effect was good or bad. hmmm... at least that's how I read him, anyway; but maybe he was also focusing on actor/object... regardless, I still say I have a valid point! :-) Good day, sir!