Community Biology Theory

An interdisciplinary framework treating a community as a living biological entity with its own metabolism (resource flows), immune system (defense against external threats), nervous system (communication networks), and life cycle (formation, growth, senescence, death). It uses biological models to diagnose community health, resilience, and pathologies (e.g., "social cancer" like runaway inequality, or "community infection" like a corrupting ideology).

Example: Analyzing a dying rust-belt town through Community Biology Theory: its metabolism (industry) has failed, leading to atrophy; its immune system (social services) is overwhelmed; its neural networks (local newspapers, clubs) are decaying. The prescription isn't just economic, but holistic—treating the town as a sick organism needing metabolic, immune, and neural revival.

by Dumuabzu February 5, 2026

Community Natural Selection Theory

The application of Darwin's core principles—variation, heredity, and differential survival—explicitly to communities as super-organisms. It argues that environmental pressures (climate, war, economic competition) naturally select for communities with the most adaptive bundles of institutions, technologies, and social norms. Communities that fail to adapt disintegrate or are absorbed. This frames history as the natural selection of social organisms.

Community Natural Selection Theory Example: Ancient Mesopotamian city-states that developed writing and codified law (adaptive traits) outcompeted and absorbed neighboring tribal societies that relied on oral tradition. Their social "organism" was more fit for complex administration and trade. This Community Natural Selection led to the dominance of a new, more complex community form.

by Dumuabzu February 5, 2026

Community Selection Theory

A specific mechanism within community evolution where the fitness of the entire group, not just individuals, becomes the primary unit of selection. Communities with traits that enhance cooperation, resource sharing, and collective defense outcompete or out-survive more selfish or disorganized groups, even if those traits come at a cost to individual members. The theory asks: do communities evolve because it benefits the individuals, or because some communities are simply better at persisting as wholes?

Example: Military units or firefighting crews operate under Community Selection Theory. The unit that drills for self-sacrifice and flawless coordination (a group-level trait) will survive a battle or fire where a group of individually talented but uncoordinated people would perish. The cohesive group is "selected for," even though the trait (readiness for sacrifice) lowers individual fitness.

by Dumuabzu February 5, 2026

Community Evolution Theory

The study of how communities change and diversify over time through processes analogous to biological evolution: variation in practices, inheritance of successful norms, and selection pressures from the environment (both physical and social). It posits that communities are not static, but are subject to evolutionary forces where external challenges (resource scarcity, conflict) and internal innovation lead to the "descent with modification" of social structures, with some community forms thriving and others going extinct.

Community Evolution Theory Example: The Amish communities in North America exhibit Community Evolution. Faced with the selection pressure of modern technology, variations emerged: some groups strictly prohibit the grid ("Old Order"), others allow limited tech for business ("New Order"). These "speciated" community types inherit and modify core traditions, showing evolutionary adaptation to a changing cultural environment.

by Dumuabzu February 5, 2026

Community Gene Theory

The concept that a community—whether biological (like a coral reef) or human (like a neighborhood)—possesses inheritable, mutable units of cultural, behavioral, or structural information that function analogously to biological genes. These "community genes" or memes/traditions (e.g., a shared irrigation practice, a conflict-resolution ritual, a design for communal housing) are passed down, recombined, and mutated across generations of community members. The theory applies evolutionary logic to social cohesion, suggesting communities evolve by retaining adaptive "genes" and discarding maladaptive ones.

Community Gene Theory Example: An intentional eco-village has a "community gene" for a weekly shared meal where disputes are aired and resolved. This tradition (a behavioral gene) is passed to new members, mutates (maybe becoming a bi-weekly meeting), and proves adaptive by reducing internal strife. A neighboring village without this "gene" fractures over unresolved conflicts, demonstrating Community Gene Theory in action.

by Dumuabzu February 5, 2026

Custom-Made Evidence Theory

The pinnacle of evidentiary corruption, where evidence is tailor-made to fit the precise rhetorical, legal, or political needs of a specific moment or opponent. It combines fabrication, manipulation, and molding into a bespoke service. The evidence is crafted to exploit a known weakness in an opponent's argument, to appeal to a specific audience's biases, or to meet the exact technical requirements of a flawed but powerful process (like a rigged legal system).

Custom-Made Evidence Theory Example: In a frivolous but dangerous lawsuit, a corporation doesn't just find a hired-gun expert. It commissions a custom-made scientific study that uses bizarre, hyper-specific parameters that only its own product can meet, "proving" safety. The evidence is useless to real science, but it's perfectly engineered to create just enough procedural doubt to win in court or in the press, fitting the situation like a lockpick fits a specific tumbler.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026

Molded Evidence Theory

The practice of designing an entire research study, audit, or investigation from the ground up with a specific, pre-ordained conclusion in mind. The methodology, data collection parameters, and analytical framework are all carefully engineered as a custom vessel to deliver the desired result. The evidence isn't faked or altered after the fact; the entire process is rigged from the start to produce a conclusion that appears rigorous and independent.

Molded Evidence Theory Example: A tobacco company in the 20th century didn't just deny cancer studies; it funded its own. It molded evidence by hiring sympathetic scientists, designing studies unlikely to find harm (e.g., using animal models known to be resistant), and defining "conclusive proof" at an impossibly high bar. The resulting papers created a manufactured "debate" for decades, all built on evidence molded to be exculpatory.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026