This is really an ad for a book by an old friend and colleague at Concordia university. He's a mathematician - which I had always thought of as the most authoritative and certain field of study there was. Not so, he says in his new book. All science, including mathematics, is full of uncertainty and constant change which still leaves us in uncertainty. You can imagine how much worse it must be in fields like history, politics and theollogy.
Science, like religion, must work with simple concepts the human mind can comprehend. But if biocentrism is right, nature has much bigger plans for us than just this or that life — plans far beyond anything religion has ever projected to any god.
----so sez Dr. Lanza. Anyone readimg him, or in the least interested in
Biocentrism
???
Google it and see if your mind remains un-blown...
Talk about unfocused! It 4:30 am and I 've just finished an article of the begining of of multicellular life 2 billion years ago and stumbled on this line
“When bacteria are under stress, it triggers their cooperation,” said biophysicist Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel Aviv University. “Those that have to cope with a more complex environment show higher complexity.”
A leading story in the latest issue of Scientific American:
Is the Universe Leaking Energy? Total energy must be conserved. Every student of physics learns this fundamental law. The trouble is, it does not apply to the universe as a whole
I just had to pass this along, being a malevilent , person.
I've been doing some reading & listening to a webinar series about brain plasticity ... the concept that the brain can and does change. Old thinking was that the brain was a pretty fixed bit of matter. More recent research is showing that it is possible to create new neural pathways, for example after a stroke.
The modern separation between “meaning” and “truth” is leading us to a very sterile and meaningless existence.This differentiation may also be a primary reason that we are disconnecting with each other and our precious planet. Let me explain...
I just came across this little gem. Someone has created an interactive flash where you can slide between size scales, all the way from the very smallest (Planck Length) all the way to the very largest (size of universe).
And it has wonderful music to boot! So put on your headphones and
