![]() ![]() Once Homo sapiens ceded control of the biosphere to the New Dominant Life Form, an ecological niche succession event occurred. This transition is still in progress in the less industrialized areas of the world. Depending on your point of view, his new niche is a powerless employee and consumer, or a Corporatis profitis slave. Over the last few hundred years, it appears that Homo sapiens has chosen adaptation rather than extinction, so he is now subservient to the modern corporation and its allies. The modern corporation appeared only about two hundred years ago, at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. According to the principle, the loser must adapt to a different niche or go extinct. Two life forms, one genetic and one memetic, are battling for control of the biosphere. The Competitive Exclusion Principle allows us to see what’s really happening here. After that the species represented by the lower curve was driven to extinction in 17 days, while the other species thrived. Results of competition between two species of Paramecium with similar requirements. The data from one of Georgyi Gause’s actual experiments is shown. One will drive the other to extinction.” 1 “This led Gause to come forth with a famous ‘principle’ that would dominate ecological research for nearly the entire century: Two species that use resources exactly the same way cannot coexist. Even more interestingly, one species always drove the other to extinction. He got lowered growth rates of both populations. “Then he put two species of Paramecium in the same culture. These Paramecium eat bacteria, and there is only so much food in a culture to support a certain number of Paramecium. Gause inoculated a simple, finite culture with Paramecium, and. interested in competition, discovered this principle. “Georgyi Gause, the Russian microbiologist. Substitute Homo sapiens for the 2nd dominant replicator and the New Dominant Life Form for the 3rd one, and you have the niche succession event underway today. The cycle repeats over and over indefinitely. Then another niche succession event begins, as the 3rd dominant replicator starts to grow. The 2nd dominant replicator evolves to fill the niche and enjoys exclusive control of the niche for awhile. As it grows, dominance of the 1st replicator falls even further and goes extinct. At the same time, the dominance of the 2nd dominant replicator starts growing from zero. On the left, the diagram starts with the 1st dominant replicator almost at the limit. Except during transition there can be only one dominant replicator in a niche. The one with the most control of the niche’s resources (which includes other life forms in the niche) is the dominant replicator. The rising and falling curves are the Competitive Advantage Rules of different life forms. The line varies because except in Petri dishes, niches are always changing. The wavy horizontal dashed line is the number of rules needed for niche optimization. Instead of the way conventional evolution theory usually uses population for the niche limit (carrying capacity) and measure of niche fill, a life form’s rule set is used. The diagram below illustrates the cycle of battles of niche succession. This occurs due to superior strategies, superior physical abilities, or both. Niche succession occurs when successful competition from one life form drives another life form out of the same niche. Application example: The epic battle of niche succession This makes solving long term problems like sustainability impossible. Large for-profit corporation has already won this epic battle on a globalĪs long as large for-profit corporations are dominant, the human system will exhibit short term behavior in general, since the goal of for-profit corporations is to maximize short term profits. The loser willĪdapt by becoming the equivalent of a servant or slave to the winner. The modern corporation (a memetic life form). ![]() The battle for niche succession that is going on right now between Homo The competitive exclusion principle applies to Kinds of competitive agent, which includes both genetic and memetic life forms. It is only because they have adapted, and are now ![]() Occupy the same niche, only one outcome is possible: One life form Principle stating that when two competing life forms attempt to ![]() The competitive exclusion principle is an ecological ![]()
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