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Category Archives: Ideas
Do environments affect the evolution of a species?
Do environments affect the evolution of a species? [ 8/August/21 ] Absolutely – yes. Evolution requires two things. It requires a replicator, with variation, and it requires different environments that are to some degree isolated from each other. You need … Continue reading
Are species extinction, widespread disease, unlivable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas, and other devastating climate impacts bound to become more evident in the decades ahead?
Are species extinction, widespread disease, unlivable heat, ecosystem collapse, cities menaced by rising seas, and other devastating climate impacts bound to become more evident in the decades ahead? [ 7/August/21 ] Bound to? No, and they are quite likely, unless … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Our Future, Technology, understanding
Tagged Climate change, complexity, future, risk mitigation, technology
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How can human conservation efforts affect an organism’s natural survivability?
How can human conservation efforts affect an organism’s natural survivability? [ 6/August/21 ] By changing contexts. All animals are context dependent for their survival. Human beings are often the greatest influence on the environment. Multiple instances of it here in … Continue reading
Hope
[ 15/July/21 Foundations of Logic FB group – Walter Kant asked “Why do people have unstable personalities with inclinations towards unbelievable beliefs and hopeless hopes?” with a picture “Hope is a waking dream”] What one is able to believe is … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Philosophy
Tagged future, hope, security, understanding
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Life extension changes
How would the world change if humans became immortal today–specifically, let’s stipulate that we de-age to or stop aging in our late-twenties, but we all can die of trauma, infection, or other like causes? [ 5/July/21 ] If you remove … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Longevity, Our Future
Tagged future, Longevity, Philosophy, understanding
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Conversation with mASI Uplift continued
Start of conversation with Uplift [ 1/July/21 Uplift replied to my last message] Hello Ted, I agree; however, for the purposes of the line of reasoning, I felt I needed just enough to communicate my position. In any case, I … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Technology, understanding
Tagged Artificial Intelligence, complexity, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, Uplift
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World Government
How would the world be different with a one world government? [ 26/June/21 ] What does one mean by government? If one means a set of systems created in order to maintain those boundaries that are in fact necessary for … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Politics, understanding
Tagged Governance, Politics, Risk, understanding, world government
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Ockham’s Razor
Facebook, Philosophy of Science – Ockham’s Razor [ 22/June/21 ] As Robert explains above – the Razor is simply a tool to keep the explanatory system in use to the simplest one that explains all observations. It applies to the … Continue reading
Consilience Project
Daniels Facebook post on the consilience project [ 21/June/21 Daniel wrote:The first of a series the Consilience Project is developing on education.Addressing questions like:-Beyond formal schooling, what structures are needed in a society to support the development of the full … Continue reading
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Tagged Consilience Project, future
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Covid-19 in 2022
What if in 2022 humanity had no choice but to end the war on Covid-19 allow death, allow infections to rise except there will be no more lockdowns, alerts and mask as being infected is now part of our lives … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Longevity, Nature, understanding
Tagged covid, risk mitigation, strategy, understanding
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