ABSTRACT
The law of adaptation is applicable not only to organic nature, but should be extended to encompass all of the inorganic world as well. The fact of the matter is that in living conditions all forms of complex adaptation of an organism to its environment and its exploitation of the latter require not only analysis, but also the selective integration of external influences, as well as the coordination of corresponding responses. This chapter discusses the fact that any existential manifestation of the collective in terms of one reflex or another is, in essence, an act of adaptation to surrounding conditions or of their use in the interest of self-preservation. The collective, like the individual, needs to satisfy its vital demands while it develops and grows. The adaptation is realized by means of associative reflexes of a collective nature, forming under various external influences, both of nature and of other collectives or individuals.
