A Vaccine Against Ignorance?
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Title:
A Vaccine Against Ignorance?
Series Title:
Water Air Soil Pollution
Creator:
Trevors, J.T.
Saier, M.H., Jr.
Publisher:
Springer
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Language:
English

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Subjects / Keywords:
Climatic changes
Environmental policy
Capitalism

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One of the greatest challenges facing humanity is ignorance—the lack of reliable information about and knowledge of the natural world we live in. Those who have studied the workings of the universe realize that the physical laws that govern our planet are the same as those that govern activities throughout the universe. This generalization certainly applies to the laws of physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics that we have learned after much scientific effort. Thus, life as we know it on Earth may follow the same dictates as life throughout the Universe, with some expected variations dependent on conditions. The discovery of life on other planets and in other galaxies would greatly expand our world view. It would allow us to more easily relate to each other and to other living organisms here and elsewhere, so that the common themes and the magnificence of life's diversity could be better appreciated. ( English )

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Florida International University
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