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The Cumulative Nature Of The Evolutionary Process, The Fact That Memory Is Preserved, Means That Life Grows Not Just Through A Random Proliferation Of New Forms, But There's A Kind Of Cumulative Quality.

The Idea Is That There Is A Kind Of Memory In Nature. Each Kind Of Thing Has A Collective Memory. So, Take A Squirrel Living In New York Now. That Squirrel Is Being Influenced By All Past Squirrels.

Creativity Gives New Forms, New Patterns, New Ideas, New Art Forms. And We Don't Know Where Creativity Comes From. Is It Inspired From Above? Welling Up From Below? Picked Up From The Air? What? Creativity Is A Mystery Wherever You Encounter It.

If There Is No Randomness In The Universe, Then What Do We Mean By Chaos?

The Gaia Hypothesis Of James Lovelock [and Lynn Margulis] Puts Forward A Scientific View Of The Living Earth, Which In One Respect Is Modern, Empherical, Scientific, In Another Respect Re-awakens An Ancient Archetype, Which In Fact Is So Clearly Suggested By The Very Name Of The Hypothesis, Gaia, The Greek Name For Mother Earth.