The organism is the cause and effect of itself…
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1 min readJan 22, 2017
“The organism is the cause and effect of itself, its own intrinsic order and organization. Natural selection isn’t the cause of organisms. Genes don’t cause organisms. There are no causes of organisms. Organisms are self-causing agencies.”
— Brian Goodwin, quoted in “Out of Control” by Kevin Kelly (Ch 7.).
