One of my favourite science books is The Anthropic Cosmological Principle by Barrow and Tipler. They discuss 4 different versions of the Anthropic Principle, from the weak, which is largely what ...
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Have you considered Smolin's cosmological natural selection hypothesis? "In his proposal, black holes generate new universes with new fundamental parameters. The universes with parameters most su...
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If we include viruses and viroids in life, then there are more than 200 million species of them alone, and scientists from the article report a staggering 10 trillion. https://www.nytimes.com/202...
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In reply to paqnation. I'll chime in here on two points: I agree that denial is a powerful influence in the world ...
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2024/04/humans-the-movie/#comment-12941
In reply to Jan Steinman. Hi Jan. I've seen your name around the collapse world and I always enjoy your comments. ...
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In reply to tmurphy. Indeed, it's so plainly obvious that animals feel pain, it speaks volumes that it appears to ...
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In reply to Yevgenii. Right—a similar report was brought to my attention a couple days ago: https://www.nbcnews....
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Everyone felt it and knew it subconsciously. Check it out https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4605739-widespread-animal-consciousness-irresponsible-to-ignore-new-york-declaration-scient...
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2024/04/humans-the-movie/#comment-12935
Post Modern? Don't you mean Postnormal (sensu Ravetz, Funtowizc)? https://ziauddinsardar.com/articles/welcome-postnormal-times
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Modernity is inherently unsustainable. If something is unsustainable, it will not be sustained. It is not the norm for humanity. It is an aberration. Something will replace modernity. I'm not sur...
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