Biology week 6 six " The Nature of Life"

How would you distinguish between living and non-living systems?

In the framework of 'autopoiesis' the recognition of self-organization and the understanding of  the structure and pattern organization of a living and non-living system is essential. The configuration of relationships independent of each other are crucial to the whole. I would define a chair and bicycle as living systems because the matter that they are created and structured from have frequencies that allow those particles to remain whole. The physical embodiment of its pattern of organization differ but matter can't be created or destroyed it is and can alter its formation and for this reason...all things are living frequencies...the chair holds the wood, the wood originated from earth...earth has frequency and life..life is connected with the cosmos, ects....a chair holds those particles... same with all elements...

-DNA doesn't determine race. Society does- would you agree?

The traditional definition of race and ethnicity taught in the educational systems is related to biological and sociological factors respectively.

Definitions:

Ethnicity: an ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of human beings with whose members identify with each other on the basis of presumed genealogy or ancestry. Ethnicity connotes shared cultural traits and shared group history, linguistic or religious traits. Ethnic groups distinguish themselves differently from one time period to another and typically seek to define themselves but also are defined by the stereotypes of dominant groups. In the 19th century there was development of the political ideology of ethnic nationalism creating nations based on a presumed shared ethnic origins such s Germany, Italy, Sweden....ect..,

Psychological constructs and models proposes that most ethnic groups must resolve two basic conflicts that occur as a result of their membership in a non-dominant group. First , non-dominant group members must resolve the stereotyping and prejudicial treatment of the dominant population toward non-dominant group individuals thus bringing about a threat to their self-concept. Second, most ethnic minorities must resolve the clash of value systems between non-dominant and dominant groups and the manner in which minority members negotiate bicultural /tri-cultural value system.

Race: The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics which presumes shared biological or genetic traits. In the early 19th century...racial differences were ascribed significance in areas of intelligence, health, and personality. There is not evidence validating these ideas. In the 19th century the concept of nationalism was used to justify the domination of one race over another within a specific nation. Racial prejudice remains a continuing problem throughout the world...

Rationale for racial development: divide and conquer: it is a program that is instilled in the unconscious mind for all populations to be monitored and controlled. Its the ultimate form of mind control.

Implications for change: thought-behaviors-action: stem from frequencies of love or fear: all other 900 emotions fall into sub-categories: Where to begin:
1) identify the program/s that is instilled in all of us/ reframe...
2) take accountability and action to reprogram our behavior and attitudes
3) build mindfulness and a sense of spirituality that prevent  emotions of programmed fear of the " other" to decrease sense of isolation...building the construct of self into a sense of "us" a collective network of beings..
4) Set boundaries to the emotions of fear and hate, and  narcissistic schematas....these are programs...they are viruses...

Biology Week 5 Assignment

" How so you now supposed new species emerge?"

Modern science has confined the human evolution to the period between the  late Miocene eight million years ago and 100,000 years ago..This period marks an evolutionary transition from the common ancestor with modern chimpanzee to modern humans...in seeking a specific model or framework to analyze and study how new species emerge perhaps the one that makes more sense is the space between order and chaos...This zone is where systems of life transforms into another...a way of assessing unexplained phenomena..in this formulation there is the transformation of neural networking pathways that give rise to very complex functions as a result of being in the "edge of chaos..."  This transitional phase is something to observe without judgment or quantitative measures...Non-linear rippling movement of mutations can occur in this stage.. could this framework predict and capture the essence when the caterpillar is about to transform...could it explain our origins? The evolutionary perspective continues to make attempts to explain the hybrid nature of mankind...it would more interesting to seek how the animals and the plant life generate as information-processing networks and how refined the changes occur over a timeline..

" Do you vote for the chicken or the egg?"

So if two non-chicken parents got together and gave rise to a new species because of a genetic mutation...I am really interested to know more about the parents and how their chemistry attracted each other ...questions arise...like were they both from the same species? what was going on with its environment...as a result a species emerged and the taste bud of humanity decided to call it chicken because it tastes the same around the world... so I have heard. I have never tasted or eaten a chicken..
but I decided to rent 'chicken little ," DVD...to understand their plight..

Biology Week 4 assignment

" How we view animal intelligence"

The article about Magpies: Urban birds with people problems... brought me back to my childhood experience when the elders in our community would talk about the mythological Crow and its family and how they are intelligent messengers because they carry codes of communication to and from the spirit realm. My opinion towards how I view animal intelligence... is biased  and stems from American Indian legends and from our teachings- specifically from the northern Californian region.

 It is important to understand how an animal has evolved over time to adapt and further survive within urban cities. For example, the crow cousin, the Magpies, have been drastically persecuted since the beginning of the 20 th century... they have been poisoned and hunted after so it only makes sense for their genetic coding to install a high alert signal that provides them with additional skills for survival. It is within the lens of agrarian societies that depicts them as "aggressive," and "intimidating" or " annoying" this is because the humans that reside in their territory do not understand their history and therefore undermine their intelligence.  Even Biologists were shocked at the fact that right after they were investigating the size of the Magpies eggs that they would then be targeted. It does not make sense how modern humans that target animals in any setting can continue to be so disconnected from the Earth and its relations. By relations it is defined as any organism which include earth's elements...all are connected and exist in a web like conscious existence. Scientist discuss the " monkey effect," and attempt to make sense of how a species in one part of the world can utilize skills to open up a coconut and then other animals can then show the same skills even when they are in a different region????? simply stated its a web-conscious effect...it is not limited to humans it also affects animals.... Carl Jung identified it as " collective consciousness," ....So if we are interested in studying an animal behavior it is important to understand their history and to be mindful that their intelligence is connected to the web of life...meaning that if they adapt and perhaps begin to utilize a new skill for nesting, mating, communication...it will affect their related cousins...perhaps that frame shift from one paradigm to a more humble and mindful one can assist how we view " animal intelligence."