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Organisms adapt to a much wider environment than that with which they are immediately interacting causally. We do not live in a world which is bounded by our sense organs, but communicate with, influence and are influenced by outside things and events, many of which are far removed from us.
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© 1976 H. E. Stenfert Kroese b.v., Leiden, the Netherlands
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Emery, F., Emery, M. (1976). Informational structure of the physical world. In: A choice of futures. International series on the quality of working life, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6948-6_2
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