# Other Organisms Are the Organism's Environment by John Rennie > “The most important environmental influences on any organism are always the other organisms around it.” > **— John Rennie**, *2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [Rennie's Law of Credibility — John Rennie](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10069) — a verbatim passage from John Rennie's 2004 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2004-133). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event|The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Coevolution|Coevolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The most important environmental influences on any organism are always the other organisms around it.” — John Rennie, 2004 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-john-rennie-other-organisms-shape-organisms-environment ```