What form of life does nature consider highest? Empirically, literal yeast life wins the contest of sheer biomass. The untouchable prokaryotic bacterial masses that recycle the world's biological waste out-masses everything else. On that theme we're also soundly beaten by hive insects like ants and such... posted 2mo ago with 9 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 13.6 13.6 What form of life do (view hidden) log in to judge received 13.6 13.6 More pointedly, i dont think higher man or homeric man or anything like that is about absolute competence or anything like that. Its an interesting lens to think through but the reality is more about types, and types are about niche. Homeric man is dead be... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 8.7 8.7 More pointedly, i do (view hidden) log in to judge received 8.7 8.7 Well the point of OP is that there is no natural or physical favored concept of higher life. That said there is a sort of notion of depth of the overall stack of life, the overall complexity. But that places parasites and cancers “higher” on the stack ... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.2 5.2 Well the point of OP (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.2 5.2
