Notably, the ecosystem example, while the populations are constantly fluctuating, it’s actually pretty difficult to generate a result that ends in one species’s total extinction/genocide, so there is a global stability/equilibrium in the offense/defense balance, even if it’s locally unstable.
Yes, the environments / habitats tend to be relatively large / complex / inaccessible to the agents involved. This allows for hiding, and for isolated niches. If the environment were smaller, or the agents had greater affordances / powers relative to their environments, then we’d expect outcomes to be less intermediate, more extreme.
As one can see in the microhabitats of sealed jars with plants and insects inside. I find it fascinating to watch timelapses of such mini-biospheres play out. Local extinction events are common in such small closed systems.
Notably, the ecosystem example, while the populations are constantly fluctuating, it’s actually pretty difficult to generate a result that ends in one species’s total extinction/genocide, so there is a global stability/equilibrium in the offense/defense balance, even if it’s locally unstable.
Yes, the environments / habitats tend to be relatively large / complex / inaccessible to the agents involved. This allows for hiding, and for isolated niches. If the environment were smaller, or the agents had greater affordances / powers relative to their environments, then we’d expect outcomes to be less intermediate, more extreme.
As one can see in the microhabitats of sealed jars with plants and insects inside. I find it fascinating to watch timelapses of such mini-biospheres play out. Local extinction events are common in such small closed systems.