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Two Views of Evolution: In Space and On Earth

Part One: The wonder of the original creation and history of the universe—the physics of it—will be presented by Stuart Kurtz. This will include some radical new discoveries that show we may be on the verge of a scientific/physics revolution not seen since Einstein.

Part Two: Bill Rosser will address some dimensions of evolution on Earth, specifically (1) three rules of biological evolution; (2) a non-evolutionary example, which is the creation of language—unique to humans—which is fundamental to linguistic anthropology; and (3) the continuing growth of appreciation of our magnificent universe and which, for many in science and beyond, has developed a strong spiritual source for developing broader awareness, guiding behavior, and/or the imagining of our collective future. Example: the Deeptime Network organization.

Discussion will follow. The insights gained from our session will be used to pursue explorable topics for a newly forming, informal special-interest group, with focuses such as “Survival and the Evolution of Creative Potential, Resilience, and Antifragility,” “Resourcefully Countering Accelerating AI,” and “Linguistic Anthropology and The Wide World of Mathematical Linguistics.”