Life and adaptation
Adaptation
The way a living whole is described as responding to changing demands.
The big idea
Stephenson describes Innate’s function as adapting forces and matter for coordinated action. The emphasis is on different parts serving the whole. Adaptation is paired with limits in the very next principle, so it should not be read as an unlimited ability.
An everyday illustration
A team changes its plan when conditions change. Each person’s response makes more sense when you consider the shared task.
An original illustration to help explain the idea, not a quotation or evidence of a biological mechanism.
In the author’s words
“The function of Innate Intelligence is to adapt universal forces and matter for use in the body, so that all parts of the body will have co-ordinated action for mutual benefit.”
1927 edition · PDF page 30
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Short excerpts from the indexed edition; line breaks are normalized. PDF page numbers refer to the source file, and may differ from printed page numbers.
Read it in context
Principles 23 and 24 belong together: the first describes the function, while the second places limits on it.
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