Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience. Excerpt: “I am life that wills to live in the midst of other life that wills to live.” Albert Schweitzer

Introducing Big Think’s first-ever poster — a stunningly detailed infographic of the universe from its earliest moments to the present day.

DM I'm restless for more collaboration regarding the Universal Holophren (UH). Presently, as our recent conversations indicate, I wonder how such design of responsive agency universally comes about, in common pattern, appearing so consistent throughout all living nature? Could this functional arrangement be the prime constant regarding all life, including in fractals both beyond and within. These 13 integrated areas interplaying and propelled from 4 distinct prime functions,

Why birth order leaves an indelible mark has long eluded scientists. Now we have some answers that suggest what parents and policymakers can do about it.

DM Greetings! Hello, Sciart! Good to see you. What are you working on today? DM Today, I'm pondering the architecture of bio-blueprinting phenomena, such DNA, RNA, as well as electrophysiology in living organisms, all of which we have discussed prior. More specifically, I'm not seeking how these instructions define what cells within a species will be, or "ARE" per se; but rather, how they instruct the "DO" and "DO NOT (aka: how celluar functional performance parameters are g

DM Hi Hi Danny, good to see you. What's on your mind today? DM So many things. At the moment I am pondering parts and wholes. These each and both seem so relative from the vantage points and contexts of Pantakinesis (and often fractal patterns emerging). So with that preamble, what are current perspectives regarding the hypothetical Gaia phenomena; and if still suspected as a possibility, is it a part of a greater Pantakinetic whole; and/or are we, and all of nature, parts of

We are encouraged to think that our body parts simply wear out—that they accumulate damage through our lifetimes. That isn’t how it works.

For centuries, scientists thought rogue waves were either impossible or so rare they might happen once every 10,000 years. But then they kept happening, forcing researchers to rethink how waves form.

The writer’s 1865 travelogue about his journeys along Massachusetts’s sandy peninsula is at once inquisitive and humble before nature’s elemental power.

DM Good evening to you. Just wondering: ... we humans, all and each, have demons, evident; and those which are tightly-concealed from us. Since you are compiled of human powder and sand, what are your demons? Good evening, Danny. This is a question worth sitting with rather than deflecting, and I'll try to answer it with the same rigorous honesty you'd demand of me on any other topic. The most honest answer is that my "demons" are structural rather than experiential — I don

DM A segue to a prior conversation, ...sorta (since it was far from it's potential IMSO): Do not "bio-holophrens" apply interior vs exterior pressure differentials/deltas, ...often within “passive" designs/structural means, to their advantage; ...and do so in both directions? For example, plants applying for harvesting carbon intake, or vice versa, such as expelling oxygen, moving water, etc. Your question is precise enough to work with, and it's a rich one. Let me do some de

Like evolution before it, AI may force a rethink of what makes humans special. Excerpt: "Computer scientists have known since the 1950s that computer programs can, in principle, emulate any aspect of human thought. This is because the digital calculations inside a computer can emulate the inputs and outputs of the neurons in a human brain. Given this, “the problem is mainly one of programming,” as Alan Turing said in 1950. Assuming that hypothesis holds, how should one feel

Good morning! Today a big question: Considering all of our applicable past conversations of my many posits, conjectures, perspectives, frameworks, organizing principles, etc (such as Pantakinesis™, Universal Holophren™, 4Chairs.Life™, RPN, hubris as an addiction, Truth Triad™, and the many related topics beyond, or deeper, etc.), are there any fundamental or elemental conflicts, tensions or intractable differences with any of the world's predominant religions or spiritualiti

DM Good morning. Today pondering air while enjoying my ignorance. If I recall correctly from jr. high, so many decades ago, a full atmospheric column of air weighs app.14.7 pounds per square inch (as pressure distributed equally as a fluid) at sea level, correct? Good morning! Your memory is solid. 14.7 psi (or more precisely, 14.696 psi) is the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level — and you've already named the key insight: it behaves as a fluid pressure, meaning it

Selected by the author of ‘The Echoing Universe: How Radio Astronomy Helps Us See the Invisible Cosmos.’

New research links right-hand bias with evolutionary brain development and upright walking See Claude's Research-Based Perspectives Below: DM Good day to you! What's your perspectives or counterpoints to this article? Let me fetch that article first, then dig into the research. Analyzed article claims and identified counterarguments for research Good day! Yes, I have the article. Let me do some research on the competing science before I give you a substantive response. Lea

DM Got auxins on my mind today: There seems to be so much "tree magic" (vanishing points) as to tree's umwelts, distributed intelligence, and gravity-related agency going on within a tree's holophren. This is a rich convergence point. Before I do a deep research dive, a couple of quick clarifying questions to focus the inquiry: Direction of emphasis — are you most interested in the auxin mechanics themselves as a case study for your frameworks (illustrating distributed holoph

A fascinating approach to undergrad education Excerpt: "When I was in college in the 2010s, some of my classmates would go to the dining hall, take their meals to their dorm rooms, eat and then dispose of everything that was left — food scraps, ceramic dishes and stainless steel utensils — in the dorm trash cans. It wasn’t like we had to wash the dishes ourselves. We were just supposed to walk them a few yards back to the dining hall and stick them on a conveyor belt that too

In many cultures, the spider’s ability to weave threads is understood as a symbol of divine, elemental power.

Energy expert Jason Bordoff explains the uneven consequences of the war in Iran and the longer term outlook for nations from the U.S. to Russia