Comment on Turtle Shells
PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 weeks agoWhat part of the second statement is wrong? A turtle cannot survive without its shell, just like you could not survive without your skull. It is an intrinsic part of what allows it to function as a living organism, therefore the line between “turtle” and “shell” is a bit blurred
lowleveldata@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
You cannot survive without air but you’re not air
PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
I mean yes, no one, human or turtle, can survive without the ecosystem of the earth, so you could really argue that the planet is the true organism and we are simply byproducts of its existence
lowleveldata@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Yet you won’t argue that you are earth. Why would you argue that a turtle is the same as a turtle’s shell then?
PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Where can you really draw the line? Could you survive in space without any air or equipment? Even if you could, where did the equipment and air come from?
Photosynthetic organisms are for all practical purposes part of your lungs
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You can bring extra air and survive just fine.
You can’t bring an extra skull.
Likewise, a hermit crab can bring an extra shell, but a turtle cannot bring an extra shell.