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Details: The Big Bang Theory with Simon Singh 5.1.09 Left, The planet Earth taken by the crew of Apollo 8; Right, The planet Earth photographed by Galileo en route to Jupiter (Photos courtesy of NASA). Speaking with scientist Simon Singh caused a bit of a brain explosion for me in a wonderful way. Parallel universes… Simon stopped practicing science in his late twenties upon realizing how much he enjoys sharing his knowledge with non-scientists like me and explaining complex theories of existence to us. I have always loved imagining the beginnings of the universe, what was there before consciousness and contemplating ideas like time and what existed before the concept of it and us etc. So, not to confuse you any more let me just say how fun it was speaking with him about his book, Big Bang. My mind is expanding with mathematical theories (Fibonacci sequences, the Golden Mean, Phyllotaxis, Swarm Theory) and our connection to the patterns we observe in nature. From an interactive site for the mathematical study of plant pattern formation, I learned that the pine cone has 13 visible spirals going one way, eight going the other way and that these numbers are successors in the Fibonacci sequence. This sequence is expressed in numerous things including cells, the chambers of a shell, the curve of waves, the cosmos, the chambers of a heart, the Internet, social networking sites, groups of people, mice, bacteria and so on.  A Cyclone  The Internet I'm constantly aware of the power and beauty of nature and its patterns as well as my dependence on it; the paradox of it all. I'm thinking about our relationship to the Swarm and the Sequence Theories as we multiply and organize, as we war and as we create, as the glaciers melt and the polar bears die, as our mistakes and loving accumulate. What kind of collective intelligence and network is connecting and empowering every one of us?
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