Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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.

2 comments:

  1. You're on the right track here, but just need to cite where you paraphrased this information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere ) It's OK to use outside sources-- just end the section withe the website enclosed in parenthesis. For example:

    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. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere ) Cite these areas in the post by Thursday midnight; otherwise, you'll get a zero for this post.

    Also, the website didn't tie in with your thoughts--- it discussed LSD sessions and previous life/ genetic memories. It didn't tie in. You'd need to write some other sentences to explain why you included it.

    And give yourself some credit. You can take interest in things that are considered "complex." Basically, the noosphere is just an abstract idea.

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  2. Yay- I'm glad you added the website url!

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