yes, but that simulacrum is closer to the human ideal conception of nature than the real thing is.
People’s concept of “perfect, pristine natural beauty” doesn’t include things like the Candiru or the HIV virus or Ebola or aggressive poisonous seasnakes, etc. The view of nature in our minds is a sanitized one.
That is indeed clearer: you’re just replacing nature with an elaborate simulacrum.
yes, but that simulacrum is closer to the human ideal conception of nature than the real thing is.
People’s concept of “perfect, pristine natural beauty” doesn’t include things like the Candiru or the HIV virus or Ebola or aggressive poisonous seasnakes, etc. The view of nature in our minds is a sanitized one.
I don’t disagree.