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Posted On: August 2nd 2026, 01:54 pm
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July 2026. Being a stream beats being a machine!
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“Overall, the reality of metabolism forces us to recognize that organisms, despite their apparent fixity and solidity, are not material things but fluid processes; they are metabolic streams of matter and energy that exhibit dynamic stabilities relative to particular timescales.
As processes, and unlike things or substances, organisms have to undergo constant change to continue to be the entities that they are.”
-Dupré and Nicholson (2018)
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Work in process, baby
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“Overall, the reality of metabolism forces us to recognize that organisms, despite their apparent fixity and solidity, are not material things but fluid processes; they are metabolic streams of matter and energy that exhibit dynamic stabilities relative to particular timescales.
As processes, and unlike things or substances, organisms have to undergo constant change to continue to be the entities that they are.”
-Dupré and Nicholson (2018)
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Work in process, baby
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