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The human logic is to ''not'' adapt physiologically, and alter the environment instead. In other words, Man has long substituted technological evolution to the biological one. That poses a problem when the environment changes are particularly violent : Man's ''unwilingness'' to adapt physiologically is paired with an ''inability'' to do so, in the event of e.g. a [[BioCrisis|major environmental crisis]]. | The human logic is to ''not'' adapt physiologically, and alter the environment instead. In other words, Man has long substituted technological evolution to the biological one. That poses a problem when the environment changes are particularly violent : Man's ''unwilingness'' to adapt physiologically is paired with an ''inability'' to do so, in the event of e.g. a [[BioCrisis|major environmental crisis]]. | ||
[[Hasegawa]]'s [[Daodan]] can be seen as an extreme (and desperate) way to reunite | [[Hasegawa]]'s [[Daodan]] can be seen as an extreme (and desperate) way to reunite Man with Nature : indeed, the Daodan fundamentally endows humans with the atrophied faculty to ''adapt''. | ||
There's a bit of a parallel with Nausicaä's promotion of harmony between Mankind and Nature : however, the harmony brought about by the Daodan is somewhat more creepy (see the entry about [[Daodan#Smart cancer|"smart cancer"]] and following) than Miyazaki's fairy-tale-like message. | There's a bit of a parallel with Nausicaä's promotion of harmony between Mankind and Nature : however, the harmony brought about by the Daodan is somewhat more creepy (see the entry about [[Daodan#Smart cancer|"smart cancer"]] and following) than Miyazaki's fairy-tale-like message. |