Physics without FormulaeThe introductory essay. Physics without Formulae
The Very Big CompanyA more general discussion paper, expanding on the potential first introduced in Physics without Formulae. Here it is… The Very Big Company
A Mechanism for ETI
CorrespondenceLetter to Lennox, 20th February, 2011 Dear John, I see the snow has eased up over your way and taken itself across the Atlantic – we’ve had the deluge down here. I thoroughly enjoyed reading God’s Undertaker: Has Science buried God? Your style reminds me of John Barrow’s work – both of you manage to achieve extraordinary information density in your writings. Your argument for there having been intelligent input into the design of the universe is compelling. I was particularly persuaded by your discussion of the fossil record and its lack of intermediate and transitional forms. A satisfactory explanation eludes us despite the strong faith and heroic gestures of the neo-Darwinists. My son graduated at the end of the year with engineering and science degrees, and your analogy of Henry Ford designing a motor car that is later discovered by an archaeologist, had me reflect on the notion that the scientist is only ever discovering the work of an engineer. John, for several years now, I have been trying to engage a small and eclectic group of influential thinkers (to which I now of course add yourself), in looking at the world in a slightly different way, and perhaps…
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LinksJurgen Scmidhuber, Information Theorist. Jurgen introduces all things ‘Zuse’ Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute Ray Kurzweil. Ray promotes yet another ‘singularity’. Vlatko Vedral, Information Theorist Sarah Kavassalis, Physicist. Sarah has a knack for exposing nonsense. Peter “don’t you know you’re going to shock the monkey to life” Gabriel Jack Caputo, Continental Philosopher of Religion John Weiner, Long for this World Canberra Chorale. The Global Spiral Foundational Questions Institute Edge Magazine Universe Today
About AviciaAvicia is a contraction of ‘a-‘ meaning ‘not’, ‘vice’ meaning ‘evil’, and ‘-ia’ meaning ‘land’. Literally, ‘Land without evil’