Eratosthenes first measured the circumference of the earth from the shadows cast by the sun. Today, humanity's fitness to survive will be measured by our ability to conquer that same thermonuclear fusion that casts those shadows. Thus, Prometheus will truly be unbound.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Star Gazing
We map the universe by looking through the past as light travels to our neighborhood. But the interesting question is, given what we know of likely scenarios of its potential evolvability, what does the map of the known universe in its entirety look like in the here and now? Because perhaps approaching the issue in this way may lead to thinking of universal structural and functional interrelatedness in new and useful ways.
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