Life-Centered Cosmologies in the Age of Cosmic Genealogy on Earth
"The human inclination toward goodness is strong, but it can be strengthened by specific social conditions." - Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley"
Universal forelaws of empathy and compassion - seated within the genome of humankind and all intelligent life - form the foundation of evolutionary panaltruism on Earth, moving humanity to a compassionate/cooperative world order with new cornerstones for the United Nations, to global water equilibrium (the state of balance existing between seawater converted to freshwater amply available worldwide, on one side, and, on the other, constancy in planetary sea levels), to development of life-centered cosmologies in the age of cosmic genealogy on Earth merging astrobiology and astronomy, and to active membership in the cosmic community of intelligent life (CCIL).
As part and parcel of the physical unity of being life-centered cosmologies reflect cognizance of the observable universe of humankind (13,000 million light years in all directions), of solar systems with and without intelligent life (some composed of white and brown dwarf stars, others slated for supernovae and the production of chemical elements essential to life), and universal forelaws of empathy and compassion. More pronounced in modern times owing to scientific research and discovery merging astrobiology and astronomy as conducted and led by the late Sir Fred Hoyle, by Chandra Wickramasinghe, Brig Klyce, Halton C. Arp, and others, cosmic genealogy dates as an age on Earth from the landmark and pivotal work of Louis Pasteur in 1859 disproving spontaneous generation of life. ("Life comes from space because life comes from life." - Brig Klyce, Astrobiology Trust Fund). Intelligent life reciprocally propagated from infinity to infinity by empirical intelligent life, from habited sites to habitable sites, describes cosmic life realism clearly consistent with evolutionary panaltruism and life-centered cosmologies. Searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), such as the Kepler Mission and others, advance ultimate activism by humankind in the cosmic community of intelligent life: interconnected through communication (relayed and exchanged) within boundaries of observable universes and beyond via the phenomenon of overlapping observable universes. nbsp;
Of course, today, for science in particular, electronic communication makes possible communities of individuals from all corners of the world. The most direct evolution toward an enlightened science is for these groups to just go about supporting each other in doing science free of disproved, official assumptions." (Dr. Halton Arp, astronomer and author of Seemg Red, Apeiron, 1998).
"Astrobiology has emerged as a new science for the new millennium. It seeks to understand life in the context of the wider cosmos. The new Centre will continue in the pioneering traditions of astrobiology started in Cardiff over 25 years ago, taking note of the many relevant discoveries that have been made in recent years. The Centre aims to combine the expertise of astronomers, biochemists and microbiologists to generate cutting edge science that would eventually enable us to answer the age-old question: where did we come from?" (Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, director of Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, and author of A Journey with Fred Hoyle - The Search for Cosmic Life, World Scientific, 2005).
"Darwinian evolution can produce variation that results from one or two point mutations, and can, by natural selection, lead to adaptation, or microevolution. But that is not the same as macroevolutionary progress requiring whole new genes that differ from known predecessors by dozens to hundreds of essential nucleotides. In strong panspermia, those new genes must be supplied from elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . Energy reaches Earth from the Sun, of course, but encoded instructions do not. We have long believed that evolutionary progress takes place in a biologically closed system, because we thought, until recently, that life could not survive in space." (Brig Klyce, founder of Cosmic Ancestry and Astrobiology Research Trust).
The transition on Earth to a compassionate world order and life-centered cosmologies, built upon evolutionary forelawsship given impetus by epochal developments in astrobiology and astronomy, faces challenges not least of which include terrorism, fossil fuels, nuclear weapons/energy, and the specter of international trade wars. New vision and new direction call for new cornerstones and new guidelines for the United Nations:
1) World summitry on economic/societal sustainability,
2) A democratically planned and shared global economy,
3) Project Ice-SHARE/Green Earth.
4) The DEMOCRATHON Process.
Ending international terrorism by employing the total resources of the United Nations requires, primarily, remedial education emphasizing intrinsic, compassionate humanness and proper scrutiny of all social dichotomies ranging in realm from religous dogmas, to political ideologies, to economic systems. Although following a philosophy antithetical to evolutionary paaltruism, adherents of global terrorism carry the same gene of empathy and compassion joining together all members of the human family. Interrelated, evolutionary panaltruism and holistic forelawsship speak volumes for human unity, indefinable potential, and optimism destined to characterize the age of cosmic generalogy on Earth. Human potential and fulfillment rest, finally, on resolution of deep human needs to know from whence we came, safety and security, and on meaning and purpose (recognizing determinants consonant with universal forelaws of empathy and compassion: individual mate selection, nurturing of offspring, and early childhood education in a healthful, sustainable environment).br>
"The good of society as a whole can be promoted through the science of positive and "prosocial" emotions and behaviors - for example, by studying emotions and behaviors such as compassion, respect, joy, trust, love, empathy, gratitude, and tolerance." - Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley
Compassionate/cooperative humanity, appreciative of the grandeur and import of cosmic genealogy, speaks to life-centered issues and questions including the basics of evolutionary forelawsship: (a) a healthful, sustainable environment for every planetary citizen, (b) universal health care publicly supported, (c) education for all based upon individual capability, (d) creative/productive employment for every planetary citizen, (e) post-retirement security - life-centered cosmologies merging astrobiology and astronomy - polar wamder/pole shift - climate change - the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) - infinities in nature unrelated to mathematics and physics - the strong version of panspermia (Cosmic Ancestry) - Viruses in the Evolution of Life (Villarreal, 2005) - locally developed horizontal gene transfer (HGTE) and cosmic/intelligent life propagated from Earth (CLPE), both keyed to evolutionary panaltruism - ground rules apropos to "artificial life" and "synthetic biology" how do solar flares impact climate on Earth? - parent star stabilization/solar energy constancy - ethical vegetarianism - the terraforming of Mars - the overlapping of observable universes as a communicative mechanism for intelligent life - education coming to grips creatively with origins, meaning and purpose - all in testament to "concern for others and for those who will succeed us . . . . . " (The Center for Naturalism).
"Microbiology may be said to have had its beginnings in the nineteen-forties. A new world of the most astonishing complexity began then to be revealed. In retrospect I find it remarkable that microbiologists did not at once recognize that the world into which they had penetrated had of necessity to be of cosmic order. I suspect that the cosmic quality of microbiology will seem as obvious to future generations as the Sun being the centre of the solar system seems obvious to the present generation." (Sir Fred Hoyle, 1980, concluding a university lecture at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff with the title "The Relation of Biology to Astronomy").
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Johnne Goethe
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