One of the deadlier illusions on the intellectual scene is disbelief in nature. I don't mean human nature. (Though I wish that more of those who don't like that as an excuse for bad things would realise we really cannot solely rely on ourselves to transcend our grubbiness, and self-justifications of one stripe or another. Properly conceived this would be a project of glory not self-subjugation.) I mean literally, not metaphorically, "the birds and the bees". And their importance, beyond pollenation. Trees, pretty flowers too. Creepy-crawlies, dangerous things also. Yes, they all really matter, for us.
You'll have to forgive a certain looseness of terms. I hope, clear what I'm driving at.
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