Re: natural vs artificial
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It doesn't seem to have any use. Things are what they are, if it exists or is being done in our 4 dimensions then it's natural. It may be unusual, it may be non-productive, it may be unhealthy, but it will be natural.
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Cannot agree more. Interestingly it is a word whose meaning has been corrupted in usage by an underlying theistic view of the world. That is, that somehow man is not natural, or endowed with non-natural properties (ie soul etc..). From my viewpoint, man is absolutely natural, like every other animal... More so, every artefact produced by man is as natural as any artefacts produced by animals (anthills, bird nests, cars, TV, pollution, bombs etc). This is a wholesome and wholistic view of things, untainted by prejudices about human presumed privileged status.
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I also like the idea of views not being tainted by negative assumptions about human action relative to the health of the world. That's despite my concern about many human environmentally-damaging actions.
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