The environment impacts human health in profound ways, yet few theories define the form of the relationship between human physiology and the environment. It is conjectured that such complex systems cannot interact directly, but rather their interaction requires the formation of an intermediary “interface.” This position contrasts with current epidemiological constructs of causation, which implicitly assume that two complex systems transfer information directly while remaining separate entities. Further, it is contended that dynamic, process‐based interfaces incorporate components from all the interacting systems but exhibit operational independence. This property has many consequences, the foremost being that characteristics of the interface cannot be fully resolved by only studying the systems involved in the interaction. The interface itself must be the subject of inquiry. Without refocusing the attention on biodynamic interfaces, how the environment impacts health cannot be discerned. Also see the video abstract here https://youtu.be/XeyjeZeyo4o.

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生物动力学界面对于人类与环境的相互作用至关重要。

环境以深刻的方式影响人类健康，但很少有理论定义人类生理与环境之间的关系形式。据推测，这种复杂的系统不能直接交互，而是它们的交互需要形成一个中介“接口”。这一立场与当前的流行病学因果关系构建形成对比，后者隐含地假设两个复杂系统直接传输信息，同时保持独立的实体。此外，有人认为动态的、基于流程的接口包含来自所有交互系统的组件，但表现出操作独立性。这个属性有很多后果，最重要的是界面的特性不能仅仅通过研究交互中涉及的系统来完全解决。接口本身必须是查询的主题。如果不重新关注生物动力学界面，就无法辨别环境如何影响健康。另请参阅此处的视频摘要 https://youtu.be/XeyjeZeyo4o。