Question

using one of Murchie’s examples of a super-organism, answer both of the following: [i] how do super-organisms exemplify transcendence? [ii] how is a super-organism like a Type-1 Entity [in McKenna's sense]?

Answer 1

The term superorganisms mean organisms that interact with each other synergetically.

best example example of the usperorganisms is the ants. some scientist even say that humans can be considered as a superorganism as it hosts thousand of other organisms.

1) super organisms exemplify transcendence because -

• There is proper division of labour
• The organisms are not left alone, they are alays together, helping each other.
• The organisms are have different strats for different works , they will have a group of ants to bring food, then there will be other to protect the eggs and so on.
• They also show a characterstic such as collective intelligence.

2) McKenna talked about need of snese of unity as our global problems are getting worse . As human , we dont have that sense of unity because of which there are wars . There are people hurting the ecosysytems for their individual gains.

super organisms have that ability that they coordinate well with each other and have a greater organised division of lebour . so they are like the type 1 entity.