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Collective Diversity Vs Individual Multiplicity

November 16, 2009

There are two beings. These beings are artists. They have each spent the last dozen eons creating a single collection each. They each began with the same three human subjects.

Let us call the first of these beings the zookeeper. The zookeeper has from these three individuals created every possible combination of new genes, branching out into infinity. Diverging from three humans into trillions upon trillions of different species. For the zookeeper, every combination is unique and beautiful with its own individual characteristic strengths and weaknesses. Surely, nothing can compare to the level of intricacy that exists within the vastness of biological potential.

Let us call the second of these beings the puppet-master. The puppet-master has copied these same three humans over and over. He has introduced each copy to an infinite number of different circumstances. As a result a single biological individual develops into a number of extremely different people. For the puppet-master, it is the variation that exists within any single individual and is revealed through experience that is truly remarkable. Surely, nothings is as complex as the subtle relationship between a mind and its universe.