We can never map it all out, never discover and explain everything. But we can hope to travel through the known parts swiftly, from the specific back to the general, and in resonance with the human spirit we can go on tracking pathways forever.
Freud said that our dreams are disguises for unconscious wishes, when we sleep the ego realizes its grip on the id, which is the embodiment of instinct, and our most primitive fears and desires then escape into the conscious mind.
In dreams we are insane because we can't differ from the false alternatives. There is no smell or taste in our dreams because all our voluntary muscles are immobilized.
Take the edge of chaos one of the most frequently cited paradigms of complexity theory. It starts with the observation that in a system containing perfect internal order, such as a crystal, there can be no further change.
The system that will evolve the most rapidly must fall between, and more precisely on the edge of chaos, possessing order but with the parts connected loosely enough to be easily altered either singly or in small groups.
When connections exist but are very few the edge of chaos- evolving populations can settle on adaption peaks but are still capable of evolving with relative ease to other nearby adaptive peaks.
In visualizing habitable environments, we will need to be liberal, keeping in mind that algae grow within rocks in Antarctica and microorganisms thrive in the boiling water of deep sea thermal vents.
We will come face to face with it all- and perhaps see it clearly. In any case, the search for answers will test the full powers of the human intellect.
Freud said that our dreams are disguises for unconscious wishes, when we sleep the ego realizes its grip on the id, which is the embodiment of instinct, and our most primitive fears and desires then escape into the conscious mind.
In dreams we are insane because we can't differ from the false alternatives. There is no smell or taste in our dreams because all our voluntary muscles are immobilized.
Take the edge of chaos one of the most frequently cited paradigms of complexity theory. It starts with the observation that in a system containing perfect internal order, such as a crystal, there can be no further change.
The system that will evolve the most rapidly must fall between, and more precisely on the edge of chaos, possessing order but with the parts connected loosely enough to be easily altered either singly or in small groups.
When connections exist but are very few the edge of chaos- evolving populations can settle on adaption peaks but are still capable of evolving with relative ease to other nearby adaptive peaks.
In visualizing habitable environments, we will need to be liberal, keeping in mind that algae grow within rocks in Antarctica and microorganisms thrive in the boiling water of deep sea thermal vents.
We will come face to face with it all- and perhaps see it clearly. In any case, the search for answers will test the full powers of the human intellect.