(according to a theory of the biologist E. O. Wilson) an innate and genetically determined affinity of human beings with the natural world.
人类亲近大自然的天性
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It also gives us a chance to indulge our natural biophilia - a term coined by the Pulitzer prize-winning author Edward O Wilson, who asserted that we are hard-wired to enjoy being outside.
This phenomenon, called biophilia, is something that scientists believe is hard-wired into us.
That, Wilson believes, is a direct expression of biophilia.
Thus ever is biophilia rewarded, and that in the end is what may save us all.
The idea behind biophilia is that humans have an innate connection to nature.
Harvard biologist Ed Wilson calls this biophilia.
E.O. Wilson talks about biophilia which is that attraction to life, life forms, to nature, that's the only term that I have found closest to what I feel and how I look at all the life forms.
The term biophilia was first used by psychologist Erich Fromm to underline ‘the need for cultivating the capacity for love as a basis for our mental health and emotional wellbeing.’
The findings support the theory of biophilia - showing how human health and well-being are dependent on relationships with the natural environment.
Wilson coined the concept of biophilia: ‘The connection that human beings subconsciously seek and need with the rest of life.’