Graybeard's Blog

SUPERNOVA

The acceleration of evolution towards a time of infinitely rapid change is not so exceptional as one might at first suppose. The evolution of matter in a star follows a similar pattern.

For 99.99 percent of its existence a star burns hydrogen, fusing the atoms into helium and radiating the energy released as light. Eventually the hydrogen runs out. For a star the size of our Sun

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The Unseen Forest

An unseen "forest" of microscopic beings fills the upper 200 meters of ocean, exerting an influence on this planet every bit as profound as the forests on land. The diverse phytoplankton species inhabiting the ocean's surface waters--which mainly consist of single-celled cyanobacteria, diatoms and other kinds of algae--form the base of the marine food web.

They

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Limitations of Noumena

Our biological limitations of perception and judgement of our physical world need to be understood so we can know the noumena beyond our senses and the fallacies in our judgement.

Our biology determines how we accept or block new ideas, thoughts, and the very paradigms needed to understand reality at its deepest levels. We must overcome our physical and psychological

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

‘The second Law ’, The Lecturer said
Dutiful students dropped their heads.
Each pen scribbled on each page.
All systems undergo spontaneous change.

‘All systems of their own accord ’,
The Lecturer wrote across the board.
The students copied in perfect order.
'All systems tend to high disorder.'

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