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When nonhumans act in accord with a distant future, like hiding seeds to eat next season, it is primarily as a result of genetic programming.

This is the Functional Freeze - a term coined by Peter Levine, whose background is in medical biophysics and psychology. He is another incredible contributor to our understanding of nervous systems.

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They do so, moreover, in ways partially determined by genetic and epigenetic substrates, environmental influences (both present and past), and social interactions. This is a complex system if there ever was one. A veritable symphony.

We know that life’s remarkable robustness, in large part, is dependent on variation; systems that suppress or lose their diversity are prone to collapse.

in Thinking in Pictures, I believed that my connection with animals, especially prey species like cattle, was on account of my autism. I believed we shared a flight response when threatened. I understood their fear. In some ways, I related more to