[2] viXra:0912.0022 [pdf] replaced on 12 Jan 2011
Authors: John A. Gowan
Comments: 9 pages. This paper has also been published as a Google "Knol".
Teilhard de Chardin's notions of the "Noosphere" and the "Omega Point" are explored in the context of
current knowledge and theory, especially J.E. Lovelock's conception of "Gaia" - planet Earth as a
superorganism. Space-faring humans are seen as the "seeds" or dispersal agents of Gaia's reproductive
phase, carrying Earth-life into the Galaxy. "Noah's Ark" is a vision of the future, not the past.
Category: Physics of Biology
[1] viXra:0912.0021 [pdf] submitted on 8 Dec 2009
Authors: John A. Gowan
Comments: 13 pages. This paper has also been published as a Google "Knol".
A General Systems model of the Universe is presented, based on a fractal paradigm. A
4x3 "metric" or fractal algorithm is proposed as the organizing principle of the
Microphysical, Biophysical, Astrophysical, and Metaphysical realms. The algorithm is
expressed through the conservation laws and forces of physics, the families of elementary
particles, the dimensions of spacetime, the quantum rules of atomic order, the structure of
baryons, alpha particles, carbon atoms, carbon's molecular and crystal bonds, DNA, the
genetic code, gravitation, and the nucleosynthetic pathway of stars. The human mind has
discovered this order both intuitively and rationally, where it finds expression in the 4x3
(and 4x4) patterns of mythological, occult, religious, philosophical, and scientific "world
systems" and cosmologies.
A general model of the human "metaphysical realm", and a model of the unified field
theory are presented as examples of how the fractal algorithm may be used in system
modeling. In its most general form, the 4-part algorithm consists of an input of energy,
followed by two complementary conservation modes, concluding with a restorative force
which either returns the system to its original state, or elevates it to a "harmonic
complexion" or resonant analog of the original state (the various levels of the model
Category: Physics of Biology