Organisms are virtual entities, emergent over the activity of cells. An organism picking at its cells is engaging in downward causation, probably quite confusing to the cells if they were able to comprehend it. To a human, actions of the superorganism may appear as acts of God.
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Could you give an example of a superorganism?
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