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minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoYou cannot survive without air but you’re not air
minus-squarePrimeErective@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months 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-24 months 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?
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYou can bring extra air and survive just fine. You can’t bring an extra skull. Likewise, a hermit crab can bring an extra shell, but a turtle cannot bring an extra shell.
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?
You can bring extra air and survive just fine.
You can’t bring an extra skull.
Likewise, a hermit crab can bring an extra shell, but a turtle cannot bring an extra shell.