myrmepropagandist on Nostr: In “An Immense World” Yong introduces the concept of an #umwelt the envelope of ...
In “An Immense World” Yong introduces the concept of an #umwelt the envelope of sensory experience dictated by capabilities & limitations of a creature’s biology. We each have unique umwelten shaped through the particulars of our physiology. (naturally I think a great deal about the umwelt of ants— dominated by antennae senses which span— surpass our notions of touch, taste, smell)
Yong demonstrates how investigating animals through this framework upends our understanding of biology. 1/
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