TheUndyingSun, Feb 7, 2010 Weather: I was first exposed to the concept of a self-aware universe after hearing Carl Sagan's quote "we are the way for the cosmos to know itself." It immediately got me thinking.
I think I'll be checking that movie out for sure though
Dmitri: Personally, I feel powerless when it comes to addressing the fact that humans are the way they are, and that our current state is not the state we should be in. Moreover that it's completely possible for humanity to get out of our current state. I think it will take some sort of major scientific breakthrough ( or failure), like in the case of the Copernican revolution, to realize that we're in need of a major paradigm shift. I also find myself thinking a lot about the notion that humans are capable of changing only when on the brink of destruction.
What do I have in mind though? Well, we find that we have two major truth-seeking methods: Science and Spirituality. Why these methods were split into opposing standpoints in the first place is obviously open to interpretation, but as far as I know, they need to be reunited. String Theory and Chaos Theory are two fields that I'm particularly enthusiastic about when it comes to the scientific approach to truth seeking. Also, I've come to realize that the cosmos is as much an internal thing as it is external, which is why I think the ancient Eastern Buddhists are considered the first "psychonauts." Exploring the universe through the human mind alone. We need to somehow incorporate the human mind into the scientific method. I could be thinking about it all the wrong way though... humans tend to envision false realities out of wishful thinking.
Weather: I was first exposed to the concept of a self-aware universe after hearing Carl Sagan's quote "we are the way for the cosmos to know itself." It immediately got me thinking.
I think I'll be checking that movie out for sure though
Dmitri: Personally, I feel powerless when it comes to addressing the fact that humans are the way they are, and that our current state is not the state we should be in. Moreover that it's completely possible for humanity to get out of our current state. I think it will take some sort of major scientific breakthrough ( or failure), like in the case of the Copernican revolution, to realize that we're in need of a major paradigm shift. I also find myself thinking a lot about the notion that humans are capable of changing only when on the brink of destruction.
What do I have in mind though? Well, we find that we have two major truth-seeking methods: Science and Spirituality. Why these methods were split into opposing standpoints in the first place is obviously open to interpretation, but as far as I know, they need to be reunited. String Theory and Chaos Theory are two fields that I'm particularly enthusiastic about when it comes to the scientific approach to truth seeking. Also, I've come to realize that the cosmos is as much an internal thing as it is external, which is why I think the ancient Eastern Buddhists are considered the first "psychonauts." Exploring the universe through the human mind alone. We need to somehow incorporate the human mind into the scientific method. I could be thinking about it all the wrong way though... humans tend to envision false realities out of wishful thinking.