Humans die without socialization. We're node organisms. See:
   unfortunate situation with babies in 1930s orphanages. I think
   it was Germany - might have been USA. I can find the study but
   you must have heard of it somewhere along the line. Babies that
   were picked up and held (socialized) lived. Those that were
   simply fed without being held and coddled and talked to, died of
   severe depression. == Once we've incorporated a model of "human'
   internally, we don't have to socialize externally anymore: we
   *can* live alone because we socialize with the internal node(s)
   instead. == Good stuff here btw. I often simply to:
   life-as-a-slime-mold on the Earth and I'm grateful to be a part
   of it. But I'd happily break out further into various species as
   well for descriptive purposes and I believe you're correct about
   our "node organism" status. Evidence seems to point that way,
   even if generally choose to ignore it smile emoticon ==