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| #101A MIND OPEN, VISION GLOBAL |
| I am open-minded and curious. Since my mind ranges freely over the intellectual terrain, my worldview extends in space and time. I respect evolutionary change, natural cycles and the web of all existence of which I’m part. I appreciate cosmic distances, geologic time and statements like “Our bodies contain atoms once inside ancient stars.” I know the past provides insights into dealing with today’s problems; that future consequences of what we do must be considered. I realize the world is complex and sometimes understanding it requires simultaneously holding conflicting beliefs. |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #101A: Mind Open, Vision Global |
| Ancient Origins website “reconstructing the story of humanity’s past” |
| The Earth Institute at Columbia University |
| Seeker -- Science & Exploration / Always Curious |
| Have An Open Mind by Z. Hereford (from Essential Life Skills) |
| 7 Benefits of Being Open-Minded (essay from Positively Present) |
| Three factors explain why it’s so hard to change our minds — but it’s not hopeless by Keith M. Bellizzi (from The Conversation Aug 11 2022) |
| “Want to Be More Open-Minded?” (article from Harvard Business Review Jan 22 2019) |
| Live Streaming Views of Earth from camera on The International Space Station courtesy of NASA (service started May 2014) |
| Understanding Evolution ("your one-stop source for information on evolution" on Univ. of California, Berkeley website) |
| 7 million year old evidence of bipedalism by Ewen Callaway (from Nature, August 24 2022) |
| Archaeologist says she's found artifacts from famed 1540 expedition (report from CBS News Feb 14 2022) |
| “Who Were the Denisovans ?” by Richard Pallardy (report on human evolutionary paths from Discover Jan 17 2022) |
| Did America’s people first come to this continent by land or by sea? by Ross Andersen (from The Atlantic October 2021) |
| "Science quietly wins one of the right’s longstanding culture wars" by Matthew Rozsa (from Salon August 24 2021) |
| Briefing: Astrobiology (the search for alien life / report from The Economist Feb 13 2021) |
| Hybrids and Evolution (report from The Economist Oct 3 2020) |
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Supercomputer
model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction (Institute
for Basic Science
report May 20 2020) |
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Researchers
wonder if ancient supernovae prompted human ancestors to walk upright |
| "How the Universe Creates Gold" by Duncan Brown and Edo Berger (article on EarthSky.org website) |
| Climate Change Likely Iced Neanderthals Out Of Existence" by Jason Daley (from The Smithsonian August 29 2018 post) |
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“Modern
humans left Africa much earlier” by
Pallab Ghosh (from Science correspondent, BBC News
Jan 25 2018) |
| “Humans Lived in Americas 130,000 years Ago Study Claims" by Carl Zimmer (article in The New York Times April 26 2017) |
| Hunting for Aliens –Earth-sized Exoplanets (report from The Economist August 27 2016) |
| "Of What is the Universe Really Made?" (science brief about the search for dark matter from The Economist August 22, 2015) |
| "Planck Telescope Puts New Date Stamp on First Stars" by Jonathan Amos (report from BBC News Feb 5 2015) |
| Fossil reveals transitional link from fins to feet" by Meeri Kim (article of evolutionary import, from January 13 2014 edition of The Washington Post) |
| "Human Evolution: Unity or Diversity" (news report from The Economist October 19 2013) |
| "Mass Extinctions: Small But Deadly" (news report of research in The Economist July 27 2013) |
| "Ancient Europeans Underwent Mysterious Genetic Transformation 4500 Years Ago, Study Suggests" (April 2013 report on The Huffington Post) |
| "When Did Humans Come to the Americas?" by Guy Gugliotta (article in The Smithsonian Feb 2013) |
| A History of the World in 100 Objects (BBC website uses objects from the British Museum to tell human story; companion 2012 book by Neil MacGregor) |
| The Big Question: What Day Most Changed the Course of History? (ten different answers to this, from The Atlantic March 2013) |
| The Evolution of Co-operation by Martin Novak (2011 talk by Harvard professor on edge.org website) |
| The Great Story (educational site re:14 billion year evolutionary heritage of humanity told as sacred story) |
| An Atlas of the Universe (award winning website) |
| Cosmos and Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context ed. Steven Dick (read whole 2009 book online) |
| The Foundational Questions Institute ("exploring the foundations and boundaries of physics and cosmology") |
| Universal Darwinism (website about "design found in the universe as the creation of Darwinian processes") |
| Evolution and Development of the Universe (papers from October, 2008 conference in Paris) |
| Our Place in Space (Harvard-Smithsonian / NASA tour) |
| The Man Who Found Time by Jack Repcheck (review of this 2007 book about James Hutton) |
| The Scale of the Universe (to help make sense of cosmic distances and evolutionary history over time) |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA maintained website for discovering the cosmos) |
| No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale, by F. Frankel and G. Whitesides (more about this 2009 book) |
| Powers of Ten, a short film by Charles and Ray Eames |
| The Future of Homo Sapiens, by Peter Ward (2009 article by Univ. of Washington paleontologist) |
| Teaching
the Flat Earth Theory, by Ellen Wedum (about helping students overcome
"The Illusion of Central Position:" the perception that the world centers on ME.) |
| Cosmic Concerns (explores different ideas and theories of cosmology) |
| Evolution and Extinction (numerous links from website for paleobotantists involved in education) |
| In Search of Time: The Science of a Curious Dimension, by Dan Falk (read excerpts of 2008 book at Google Books) |
| "Discovering Planets Just Got Easier," by Michael Lemonick (article in Time November 26, 2008) |
| Kepler--The Search for Habitable Planets (the NASA/Ames Research center website for this project) |
| "Cosmic Flock," by Dan Cray (report on NASA spacecraft exploring solar system in Time March 31 2008) |
| quotes related to seeing a situation from different perspectives |
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