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minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoYou cannot survive without air but you’re not air
minus-squarePrimeErective@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI mean yes, no one, human or turtle, can survive without the ecosystem of the earth, so you could really argue that the planet is the true organism and we are simply byproducts of its existence
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoYet you won’t argue that you are the earth. Why would you argue that a turtle is the same as a turtle’s shell then?
You cannot survive without air but you’re not air
I mean yes, no one, human or turtle, can survive without the ecosystem of the earth, so you could really argue that the planet is the true organism and we are simply byproducts of its existence
Yet you won’t argue that you are the earth. Why would you argue that a turtle is the same as a turtle’s shell then?