 that life is subject to its environment, not the other way around. And that's sort of been the predominant thinking in Western science for a long time. You know, the environment shapes life. And even when the field of ecology began to recognize that, you know, sometimes life changes its environment as well, it was typically focused on pretty small scale changes, like a beaver constructing a dam or, you know, some worms churning a patch of soil, not really taking seriously the idea that life could