Noosphere

Noosphere is just a thought that denotes the "sphere of human life". This thought was documented by both Vladimir Vernadsky and Teilhard de Chardin. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin introduced the lexical analogy to 'atmosphere' and 'biosphere' from the word "Noosphere" back in 1922.  Édouard Le Roy, however, made first use of the term while he and Teilhard de Chardin listened to the lecture of Vladimir Vernadsky. (http://www.stanislavgrof.com/pdf/Akashic%20Field%20Evidence.PDF)

Vladimir Vernadsky created a theory that the Noosphere is the third phase of development of the Earth. Geosphere (inanimate matter) and Biosphere (biological life) are the two phases before Noosphere. He stated that the arrival of life essentially changed the geosphere, while the arrival of humans essentially changed the biosphere. Vladimir Vernadsky further mentioned that Noosphere comes at the point where humans begin to create resources through transmutation of elements. With that being said, Geosphere the inanimate matter comes first. Afterwards arrives the Biosphere, the biological life. Lastly comes Vladimir Vernadsky's idea of Noosphere, in which humans began to create resources. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere)  Though this is really deep and could be taken a lot of different ways, I honestly don't know what to personally think about it. However, I believe the noosphere is just meaning a complex idea. Vladimir's whole idea of Noosphere is indeed a Noosphere itself, but because it's calling it a complex idea. While Vladimir's complex idea was really deep and wasn't exactly a test-able idea, there are still "Noospheres" that aren't as abstract as one would think. The problem is, it's hard to really say what is more complex and what's not. Why? Because who's to say which one is more, abstract than the other. That seems highly opinionated. Which brings me to the conclusion that a Noosphere is so broad, however so personal at the same time. They say, one man's trash is another man's treasure. It could easily be that same way with ideas and Noospheres. My idea may make a ton of sense to me, however my friend my think it's too complicated. Who's to say my idea is or isn't complex? Point is, I've realized each Noosphere is almost like a very personal idea.

Information Obesity

The idea of Information Obesity is simple and broad. It's simply the idea of information. Information is everywhere and essentially everything. It's what you touch, what you see, what you feel, what you smell, what you taste and so on. The fact that people can read information by touching and feeling is amazing to me. The process is called Brialle and you touch your finger to dots to essentially read. Your rub your index finger over a series of six dots in the shape of a rectangle with two columns containing three dots each.  This is considered an alternative to hearing or reading material. Brialle is a great example, however, touch and feel expresses information in other ways as well. (www.brailler.com/braillehx.htm) They say a firm handshake can tell you a lot about a person before they even speak or look at you. I believe that to a certain degree. That's all information being sent without words being spoken or being read. What about that guy you cut off at the interstate accidentally and he passed you, waving a certain finger out the window? Sure, it's not a great way, but it sure did get the message across. You got a very bold and potent message with just a simple hand gesture. That's information sharing at it's finest. Speaking of potent, does a certain smell or taste just instantly take you back to a certain or critical moment in your life? I'll never forget my first spring break as a junior in high school. Being young and nieve as everyone has been at some point, I got the bright idea to drink coconut rum during my day at the beach. Yes, 3 hours later I passed out in the bathroom floor for 16 hours straight, while I puked and dry heaved contstantly during that whole period. I learned my lesson, needless to say. Point being is, ever since that day, I can't stand the smell or taste of coconut now. Though it wasn't the cleanest story for grandma to hear, it just shows how a bold lesson was learned, even to the point where I almost get sick to the smell or taste of coconut to this very day. That's information passed by just a whiff of a smell that triggers an emotion or memory from the past. Although I won't elaborate on I will list some certain ways information is comprehended and shared. Body language, eye contact, tightness of hugs, smoke signals, brightness of lights, traffic signals, road markings, trail maps, how close you sit/stand to someone, dancing, philosophy, hairstyles and clothing styles all are little ways you send a message without actually speaking or hearing. What about when you visit historic buildings or just old buildings in general? I know I'm immediately trying to guess how old they are. I play the same game at retirement homes as well and both indicate to me that they've been around for a while. Point is, it may sound repetetive and unnecessary, but explaining Information Obesity is simple. Information over information is essentially an element of Information Obesity. Once again, its so broad, I could explain and elaborate for days. Anyway, that's my information over information to form more information. No pun intended.

Information vs. Knowledge

Its simple, the difference of information versus knowledge, Right? To my best understanding, information refers to a general base of data that can be shown as numbers, words, pictures, sounds and things such as that. Knowledge, however is the usage of this information. Information can be stored and share throughout, whereas knowledge is considered more on a personal level. To seperate better, imagine two biology classmates. The student reading the material will learn and share information, however the other student that is conducting the activity, will be the one personally having knowledge of it. I see the difference quite easy, however is it that clear to other people? The only reason is because the difference is seen daily. For instance, a person can study, study, study the human analogy with every intents of being a doctor someday. However, would you trust them to do a surgery without hands-on training? (knowledge)  On a smaller scale, I find this very similier situation in my life a couple years ago. I was umpiring with a new guy, Josh, that had never played baseball in his life. You could tell he was manager (or mascot) material, or a stats guy. Meaning, the guy was statistically smart when it came to baseball. He knew the rules and the ways of the game. However, he's never personally experienced the game. Due to his lack of decision making as an umpire, he was banned from umpiring in our league again. Point being, he knew all the information of baseball and how its played, but he never trully got to experience the game. This showed greatly in the way he handled himself with calls in the field and especially defending himself in arguements with coaches. Knowledge won. Why else do you hear about media relying on veteran athletes in big situations instead of younger athletes? Knowledge. Why do big companies love students that had previously had an internship? Simple,  they got to experience and learn about the job instead of just learning about the job. Knowledge is crucial. However, don't get the impression that I'm saying knowledge is more important than information, because that is impossible to me. They are so much alike in a lot of ways and depend on eachother in a lot of ways. With that being said, I find them oddly different as well. Either way, know the difference.


(thefilter.blogs.com) - Although wisdom is involved, we'll disregard that part for now. However, it simply shows the cave man stuck on the world without a clue what to do. It then turns to a new window showing the man applying his information he has learned in the world and thats considered knowledge.

Cleveland's 7 Characteristics of Information

There are 7 characteristics of information and they are human, expandable, compressible, substitutable, transportable, diffusive and shareable. (http://marytreacy.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/harlan-clevelands-characterization-of-information-as-a-resource/) Human is so much more complex compared to any other species, therefore this is saying how "human" is referring to the complex meaning for people as opposed to animals or machines. The second characteristic is expandable. Information in todays time is everywhere around you. Magazines, television, advertisements, to your left, to your right and everywhere in between. Therefore, information is always expanding. Compressible is the third characteristic. The fact that information is everywhere has been earlier stated, but how are we able to contain and maintain all of it so well? It's able to be compressed and summarized to where it's easier to comprehend. Substitute is the fourth characteristic. This shows how information in the robotic aspect has substituted robots/machines instead of a human doing jobs and certain services. The fifth is transportation. This is simply just how we are able to transport information so fast and efficient . I could send an email to a buddy in Germany before I could even ask the student beside me how his day is going. Diffusive is the sixth characteristic. Since information is so broad, the ability to contain it is trully amazing. The last characteristic is shareable. Perhaps the most simpliest characteristic, simply just the ability to share the information you learn. Daily talk, text messaging, news, and even social websites are all places to share information. The best excuse I can give is looking back on the snowy nights and mornings back in high school. Instead of going to a news channel and being forced to watch the whole agenda or going to their website, I simply just got on Facebook. If you have Facebook, you'll completely understand how news, whether it's local or even on a national level, is vented through Facebook constantly. These 7 characteristics are very crucial to know and to understand. Why? These are the key elements in searching for information, learning information, sharing information, applying information and just comprehending information in general.