EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DESTINY 



entity that is more than merely the summation of its 

 parts. Or expressing this in a terminology that can be 

 related to thermodynamics one may state as follows: 

 "The product of the integration has a higher extropy 

 than the sum of the components of the integrated en- 

 tity would have in non-integrated form." 



This generalization certainly holds true for the 

 colonies formed by multicellular organisms. Here spe- 

 cifically the orderliness of pattern of the colony itself, 

 exists in addition to the orderliness of structure of the 

 individuals comprising the colony. It is consequently 

 evident that colony formation leading to the develop- 

 ment of societal organisms is consistent in direction 

 with prior evolution in its raising of the extropy level. 



The available evidence indicates, that societal inte- 

 gration need not be a conscious process in its initial 

 stages. In the colonies formed by insects the individual 

 need not be aware of the total function of the colony in 

 order to contribute to this function. Development of 

 colonies initially comes about because under certain 

 environmental conditions it serves to increase the 

 chances of survival of the individual, or in a broader 

 sense the chances of survival of the species. Yet as this 

 development conditioned by environmentally imposed 

 factors proceeds, the colony as an entity becomes more 

 important than the colony as a mere mutual aid associ- 

 ation of individuals. 



Colony formation of multicellular creatures, leading 



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