Comments on: The Golden Section in Nature: Animals

By: Peter Hymans

Peter Hymans — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:31:56 +0000

“Life” measurement has a time-awareness aspect which may prevent humans from being able to perceive “life” in things we deem to be inanimate. When “we” measure something it often requires our attention. This is limited by our requirement for sleep and our mortal nature. Some things take eons to move or demonstrate some form of “intelligence” Certainly Phi is an example of something resembling consciousness, over time. In his supremely powerful book, “Synergetics”R. Buckminster Fuller states several instances where supposition of inanimateness of things are questionable. The human ego all too often makes the phrase “I don’t know” to be a source of embarrassment, rather than a place of wonderment and respect for marvelous forces we cannot comprehend.

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:22:42 +0000

In reply to Sarita. Nature is the playground of resources. We are yet to know who has played it so well

By: Phi

Phi — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:11:57 +0000

In reply to Gary B Meisner. I agree

By: Gary B Meisner

Gary B Meisner — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 18:54:08 +0000

In reply to Rmc.

If so, then we need a much better understanding of life as a force. What is it’s nature and source? Why does it exist? How does it act upon material? We have some of those answers for other forces, such as nuclear, gravitational and electro-magnetic. I wrote an article with a similar thought here: https://www.snapshotsofgod.com/forces-of-nature-and-self-organization/.

By: Rmc

Rmc — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 20:55:48 +0000

In reply to Gary Meisner. Life is the force (voltage) that moves matter

By: Gary B Meisner

Gary B Meisner — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 02:08:17 +0000

In reply to Marietta Schell.

This site and page is really intended to discuss appearances and applications of the golden ratio, and not be a forum for pro-life and pro-choice discussions. The comments addressed life when a couple of readers commented that “nature is alive.” I disagreed because not all of nature is “alive.” A rock is not alive by any standard or definition that we use, but is part of nature. As to your question, Merriam Webster defines “alive” as “having life : not dead or inanimate.” So anything that exhibits the metabolic processes of life is alive and living, from a single celled bacteria to a jelly fish to a human, born or unborn. My father fit in a cigar box when born prematurely. My grandsons were quite alive when delivered via C-section very prematurely. Merriam Webster’s first definition of “kill” is “to deprive of life,” so yes an unborn baby is living and to abort it is to deprive it of life. No politics in this. Just simple definition and truth.

By: Marietta Schell

Marietta Schell — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:40:31 +0000

Gary B. Meisner,

So then with what you are saying about “being alive”, I take it that an unborn baby is “alive” because it is digesting food from it’s mother, it is respirating and flexing, therefore is “alive”. So to “abort” an unborn baby would mean that someone has just killed it, correct?

Thanks,
MS

By: John M McGovern

John M McGovern — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:58:15 +0000

In reply to Psychology student. thank u

By: Gary B Meisner

Gary B Meisner — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 19:38:05 +0000

In reply to Lynch.

So “nature” creates and loves too. Sounds like “nature” is not just some “natural process”, but something … or Someone … with purpose, intelligence, thought and emotion.

By: Lynch

Lynch — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:42:13 +0000

In reply to Psychology student. Nature create the things that nature love and that makes nature a blessing we should love nature Just like the love it creates Create love and we'll see