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Top: Science: Math: Applications: Complex_Systems: Abstract_Organisms
| Superorganism: Gaia, Global brain and systems of artificial life models and systems of interacting intelligent agents |
Classical organisms made of cells, is a special case of a more general concept. Generalized or abstract organism can be made of the other organisms; for example an 'ant hill' can be viewed as a single organism, made of mostly of individual ants or society as an organism made of individuals. The individual units may be anorganic (robots) or exist only in a computer (artificial life). Such complex systems, which like classical organisms exhibit goal-oriented behaviour are called abstract organisms.
Gaia Hypothesis or Gaia Theory looks at planet Earth (and other living planets which we may encounter in the future) as an instance of a living organism. It is not an organism on classical sense, but it can been considered a special case of a more general concept, concept of generalised or abstract organism.
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