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Our re-ranking brain

Our re-ranking brain

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Gary A Schlueter
Feb 27, 2025
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It’s like this

Our re-ranking brain

knows better

than to posit itself

on a spit of hierarchy.

Mind is a heterarchic thing.

It adjusts to circumstances locally.

Sources of power linked to values

counterpoised in dynamic equilibrium

between competition and cooperation

like the fungus and the plant

the better for both.

Fungus and plant in symbiotic woo

exploit each oth…

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