Explaining the logic

On Jan. 12 realitycheck suggested that "The logic in this post is convoluted and the thinking/analysis flawed and self-serving" even though willing "at first blush [to] accept the definition of Systems." However, he/she departs from the definition of Systems to suggest that "it is a quantum leap to then say that humans may be assessed by comparing them to the other component parts of this system, i.e. the other organisms that exist on this planet etc." The comment does not explain why the complexity of the human race means that "any attempt to measure/analyse the more complex by comparison to the less complex/advanced is not sustainable, and destabilises the foundation of this discussion."

Humans are more complex than all other sub-systems on the earth. It is also true that all the systems on earth exist on a sliding scale of complexity. Hence, complexity is a matter of the role or function that each system plays in the system to which we belong. But beyond function there is the matter of identity. By definition a system maintains its own existence. Suicide and self-destruction are contrary to the idea of a system. Equally important is the fact that a system does what a system does. The fact that we are working hard to reverse the self-destructive behavior of the human race indicates that we do not believe that this system is functioning as it should. If it were otherwise we would be engaged in a futile attempt to reverse the evolutionary process.

This takes us to the world of autoimmune diseases and cancers. We recognize that the body should not be attacking itself because these attacks lead to other disorders. The only true cure is to reverse the change that has occurred in the organism's DNA that causes it to see "like" as "unlike." In the absence of such cures we are left to resort to destructive cures that destroy parts of the organism in order to preserve the rest. The same is true of humanity.