Altogether, the recent studies have shown that humans and aesthetics have histories that are deeply intertwined, and depend on each other for their own health and well-being as well as that of their environments. Although the researchers focused exclusively on human-aesthetic interactions, they expect that similar trends of codependency and symbiosis are universal among and between other groups, such as Archaea, fungi, plants, and animals.
Due to these symbiotic relationships, the academics here propose that the very definitions of an organism, an environment and a population have become blurred and should be reviewed. It may be, for instance, that humans are better viewed as host-sense ecosystems than as individuals.
In addition, the academics predict that the recent findings on human-aesthetics interactions will likely require artists to significantly alter their view of the fundamental nature of the entire cultural sphere.
In the end, the academics hope that the results will promote more cross-disciplinary collaboration among artists, scientists and engineers from different fields to explore the new sensual frontier. They argue that these discoveries should revolutionize the way that art is taught from the high school level on up, by focusing more on the relationships between aesthetics, their human partners, and all other life forms.
