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Planet Earth is a sanctuary for life and growth, it has all the supplies and minerals necessary for organism survival. It thus goes without saying that planets like this are very rare. In the milky way there are an estimated 400 billion... more
In this work we outline the problem of the "fundational" relations between Physics and Biology by taking into consideration systemic approaches and classical and quantum models of emergence, as a guide we use the Principle of Indifference... more
The global warming / climate change "existential crisis" considered in the context of other social movements inspired by an American apocalyptic turn of mind
There has been a recent upsurge of interest in ‘physical eschatology’ and, in particular, in the idea that, in the far–distant future, intelligent life will spread from earth to the rest of the universe. Although some of the early seeds... more
Dyson defined the rank of a partition (as the first part minus the number of parts) whilst investigating certain congruences in the sequence p−1(n). The rank has been widely studied as have been other statistics, such as the crank. In... more
Abstract Norma Goethe: This paper revisits some of Chateaubriand's critical considerations with regard to representing our reasoning practices in logic and mathematics by means of "idealized syntax". I focus on the persistently critical... more
In this paper I analyse Freeman Dyson's anti-reductionist views about the paranormal and argue that Dyson's anti-reductionism is not, in itself, an unreasonable position to take on the extent and limits of scientific reasoning.
Le roman le plus célèbre de l’écrivain américain Larry Niven, intitulé L’Anneau-monde (1970), est le premier à avoir été explicitement vendu et présenté comme un roman de hard science fiction (alors que ce sous-genre existait bien avant... more
This theoretical essay draws on the spatial theory of Henri Lefebvre and others; as well as recent technoscientific ethnography (Lisa Messeri) and cultural-architectural history (Fred Scharmen) within Space Studies; as well as the ideas... more
Περιοδικό ''e-Διάλογοι'' τευχ. 10ο. Επιμέλεια : Αλέξανδρου ΤΖΙΟΛΑ. Μία συνέντευξη με τον Freeman DYSON : - «H συνείδηση είναι ένα μυστήριο ίδιο με την προέλευση της ζωής». - «Ο Δαρβίνος δεν μας είπε όλη την ιστορία». - «Αν δεν... more