I agree with Rebekah. There's a bit of both theories but In find the terrain theory to be somewhat extreme. Certainly bodily health is a very important factor in our overall health. I would be interested to understand more about what your mean by "the ridiculously biophobic form" in germ theory. It's all biology, after all.
I agree with Rebekah. There's a bit of both theories but In find the terrain theory to be somewhat extreme. Certainly bodily health is a very important factor in our overall health. I would be interested to understand more about what your mean by "the ridiculously biophobic form" in germ theory. It's all biology, after all.
The biophobia is in the framing and the language. The premise of germ theory is that nature is out to get us: we can only survive its persistent and relentlessly evolving attacks on us through the help of $cience. “Viruses” aren’t neutral: they actively “infect” us by invading and then essentially colonising our bodies (which is why I like to equate germ theory to Zionism of the human body). It conditions us to irrationally blame without evidence a new microorganism every time a slightly novel form of illness emerges, and gives no credit to the human body that the “illness” might actually be an intelligent detoxification process.
The language used interests me. 'Health' is 'invaded' by germs or infections. The cure must 'target' the 'invader'. The language of war. Our immune system "fights off the invaders", etc.
I agree with Rebekah. There's a bit of both theories but In find the terrain theory to be somewhat extreme. Certainly bodily health is a very important factor in our overall health. I would be interested to understand more about what your mean by "the ridiculously biophobic form" in germ theory. It's all biology, after all.
The biophobia is in the framing and the language. The premise of germ theory is that nature is out to get us: we can only survive its persistent and relentlessly evolving attacks on us through the help of $cience. “Viruses” aren’t neutral: they actively “infect” us by invading and then essentially colonising our bodies (which is why I like to equate germ theory to Zionism of the human body). It conditions us to irrationally blame without evidence a new microorganism every time a slightly novel form of illness emerges, and gives no credit to the human body that the “illness” might actually be an intelligent detoxification process.
The language used interests me. 'Health' is 'invaded' by germs or infections. The cure must 'target' the 'invader'. The language of war. Our immune system "fights off the invaders", etc.