Tuesday, November 11, 2008

For what is Man in Nature

“For what is Man in nature? A nothingness in respect to infinity, a whole in respect to nothingness, a median between nothing and everything” - Pascal

This may sound depressing but if complexity is measured proportionally to the amount of energy flow flowing through a given amount of mass in a given amount of time as suggested by E. Chaisson, then life is much more complex than stars and human societies may be the most complex entities in the universe.

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