An Intelligent Earth? The Future of Species

Two of the world's great naturalists Tim Flannery and Redmond O'Hanlon on the co-evolution and co-dependency of all life on earth.

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[Iamthenoi]

RSA, invite Jaque Fresco to talk already!

[AegisK]

Not to sound like a pessimist but there's no such thing as "saving the planet". Its all about saving humanity from itself. We're still mammals after all and by co-existing with other species we will save our humanity, but we're still at risk of our own existence unless we spread beyond our planet so as to avoid total extinction in one killing blow.

The planet on the other hand will do well when we're gone, no matter what humanity thinks it can do to the planet.

[felpaluche]

I believe the human species is getting more intelligent by generation.

[vbearsays]

@AegisK

so that's where George Carlin's soul went! Less of course you're just saying a bit of his almost verbatim without credit.

[ZernanToledo]

@ZernanToledo

I wrote a blog article about this; "Life Levelled Up: The Internet and the Awakening of the Planetary Superorganism" LInks are shafted here but you'll find it if you google the title.

[ZernanToledo]

My own thoughts are that consciousness is fractal, and is and emergent property of any system that processes information (be that visual, chemical and so on). The more information a system processes, the more conscious it is of its environment. Thus planetary exchange of information gives rise to the global mind.

[ogith]

@bikos236590

There are many entities on this planet that have significantly larger brains than us but an inferior level of intellect, self-awareness, creative process, and what have you.

Also, the pyramids of are easily reproduced by today's standards, and that has never been the issue in regards to them. The "mystery" about them was how the people of that time managed to make them. They were not even close to as advanced as us, and to claim such shows a stark degree of ignorance.

[ogith]

@bikos236590

Wrong on all accounts

The comings and goings of the sun and the energies that it exposes our worlds to are well documented, and even with the various "cycles" of temperatures in past ages, the current trend of temperature and greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are horribly anomalous, having a far greater effect than the sun's current input

If you are interested in the matter, read up on it and be honest in your search for truth. This isn't a field of opinion, this is science

[roidroid]

@bikos236590 wrong

[roidroid]

@dialoguequent have you checked your info?

we're ok.

[inspirediam]

The 1000 years to heal...hmm...sounds like what most speak of when they speak of doing whatever to achieve the goal intended...the theory of limitation,this is what I perceive as this mans outlook...However, imagination and the concept of change is limitless.

[LazyOtaku]

@realgunslinger Amen.