Talk:Biophilia hypothesis

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reference suggestions
The section "Biophilia and conservation" has a sentence "Therefore, reestablishing a connection with nature has become more important in the field of conservation." with a note asking for a better citation. The following pdf links are from the New Zealand Department of Conservation. I'm not familiar with the syntax for adding these citations, so if somebody could add these, if they suffice: http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/getting-involved/students-and-teachers/effective-approaches-to-connect-children-with-nature.pdf http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/getting-involved/students-and-teachers/benefits-of-connecting-children-with-nature.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.27.23 (talk) 02:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Comment
This is among the most interesting of ideas that I've encountered in a while.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 19:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Debating the Inclusion of Selfish Genes Section
Obviously a lot of thought and effort went into developing the selfish gene section and so I do not want to abruptly remove it. However, I think it needs to be reworked in light of E.O. Wilson's work over the last 5 years, i.e eusociality and multi-level selection. The primacy of selfish gene theory is being heavily debated in the evolutionary journals these days. I suspect that the biophilia hypothesis is consilient with multi-level selection theory, but I will investigate this matter further. If my hunch is correct then I will propose a section rewrite the puts the questions of both theories in broader context rtv125 (talk)

The Selfish Gene Theory never held primacy in the evolutionary biology community.

Savagedjeff (talk) 02:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Fromm

 * The term "biophilia" literally means "love of life or living systems." It was first used by Erich Fromm to describe a psychological orientation of being attracted to all that is alive and vital.[2] Wilson uses the term in the same sense when he suggests that biophilia describes "the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.”

This is inaccurate.


 * 1) Wilson doesn't mention Fromm at all in his original book (1984).  Kahn (2011) observes that there is no known connection.
 * 2) Kellert & Wilson (1995) differentiate the definitions.  They are not used in the "same sense" as Wilson narrowly defines the term while Fromm uses a broad definition.

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Biophilia in Fiction section seems promotional
The long summary of the novel Perdita in the Biophilia in Fiction section seems out of place. Is this section necessary? There is only one book in it and the book does not appear to be notable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.77.40.58 (talk) 16:29, 10 March 2017 (UTC)


 * I have addressed this. L.R. Wormwood (talk) 16:09, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

(could-be-perceived-as) racist content
This is some weird noble savage-type (could-be-perceived-as) racism.

People did not live in balance with nature, balance was imposed upon them by nature. "Indigenous" people were and are human, with all the same flaws. They overhunted certain species into near-extinction and were just as familiar with the concept of greed as we are. Romanticizing them as noble savages is not just incorrect; it (could-be-perceived-as) racist.

The noble savage lives in peace only with those species that have never been vulnerable to mankind's population growth.

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/tending-the-wild/the-problem-with-the-ecological-indian-stereotype

Polygnotus (talk) 23:21, 21 May 2024 (UTC)