Talk:Superorganism

message: I've read the second paragraph of this article a dozen times and can't figure out what it means. Especially "However, strict ecological studies reveal little or no self control inside organism communities, and such communities usually easily go off balance or change into entirely different ones. This view is countered and balanced by Systems Theory and the dynamics of a complex system."
Is "organism communities" a way of describing the biosphere, or the traditional definition of a superorganism? Which view is "countered and balanced" and in what way? I think something real is trying to be communicated here but I can't for the life of me parse the phrasing. Could someone more familiar with the topic clarify this paragraph or remove it?
Kronick (talk) 07:44, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll throw a fact tag on it-- an appropriate reference might clear up what is meant by "organism communities" here. Not knowing any better, I'd guess that it means communities of heterogeneous organisms, especially since "ecological studies" is right there in the accompanying context. Further, I will guess that it means communities within a limited defined ecological or geographical niche. Extending the notion of an "organism community" to include the entire biosphere seems like a stretch; local connections and influences would seem to have a greater effect than some tenuous (yet possibly valid) Gaia business. All of this is pure uninformed speculation on my part, based solely on the face of the text here. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 16:51, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguous second paragraph 

message: Are Portuguese Men o' War and chondrophores true superorganisms?  —JerryFriedman 18:33, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  True 

message: I am removing the memetics category from this article since you learn no more about the article's contents from the category and v.v. Since so many things may be memes we should try to keep the category closely defined in order to remain useful. Hope you're okay with that. The link to meme would be enough I suggest. Facius 18:21, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removing memetics category

message: Wirkman 02:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Can someone add an explanation of "Emergent Behavior"? Odrinn (talk) 00:36, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Emergent Behavior??

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message: Aside from the information added in the In Cybernetics section, I have also attempted to reword parts therein that were directly copied from Kelly Kevin's work. I am not sure if the case is also the same in other parts of the article. Those who have access to the sources used can help check this issue. Thanks. Darwin Naz (talk) 13:00, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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