This way of looking at evolution is in keeping with the true founder of modern scientific inquiry Nicholas of Cusa.
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.
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Friday, July 05, 2013
Vernadsky, the Heliosphere, and Astrobiology
Perhaps it is possible that the very type of heliosphere surrounding a star's planetary system will be found to be another component of the habitability of one or more of its planets due to the protection afforded life forms from cosmic rays. This would extend the sort of nested evolutionary sequence of inter-relationships that Vladimir Vernadsky pioneered to heliosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and noosphere.
This way of looking at evolution is in keeping with the true founder of modern scientific inquiry Nicholas of Cusa.
This way of looking at evolution is in keeping with the true founder of modern scientific inquiry Nicholas of Cusa.
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