folkertMon, Apr 30, 2007 Yes it's probably preposterous to think that the Earth would have a consciousness similar to our own. Its system and environment (the solar system and home-galaxy) are so infinitely more complex than our own (the brain), it would have to be incomprehensibly more advanced than our so-called self-awareness. But it seems obvious to me that the Earth is part of the same process (on a vastly different scale) that we are part of.
Yes it's probably preposterous to think that the Earth would have a consciousness similar to our own. Its system and environment (the solar system and home-galaxy) are so infinitely more complex than our own (the brain), it would have to be incomprehensibly more advanced than our so-called self-awareness. But it seems obvious to me that the Earth is part of the same process (on a vastly different scale) that we are part of.