The Dawn of a Mindful UniverseAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 12 October 2023
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An award-winning astronomer and physicistâ?Ts spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosityâ?"the foundations of scienceâ?"to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change. Since Copernicus, humanity has increasingly seen itself as adrift, an insignificant speck within a large, cold universe. Brazilian physicist, astronomer, and winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize Marcelo Gleiser argues that it is because we have lost the spark of the Enlightenment that has guided human development over the past several centuries. While some scientific efforts have been made to overcome this increasingly bleak perspectiveâ?"the ongoing search for life on other planets, the recent idea of the multiverseâ?"they have not been enough to overcome the core problem: weâ?Tve lost our moral mission and compassionate focus in our scientific endeavors. Gleiser argues that weâ?Tre using the wrong paradigm to relate to the universe and our position in it. In this deeply researched and beautifully rendered book, he calls for us to embrace a new life-centric perspective, one which recognizes just how rare and precious life is and why it should be our mission to preserve and nurture it. The Dawn of a Mindful Universe addresses the current environmental and scientific impasses and how the scientific community can find solutions to them. Gleiserâ?Ts paradigm rethinks the ideals of the Enlightenment, and proposes a new direction for humanity, one driven by human reason and curiosity whose purpose is to save civilization itself. Within this model, we can once again see ourselves as the center of the universeâ?"the place where life becomes consciousâ?"and regain a clear moral compass which can be used to guide both science and the politics around it.
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