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Multiverse cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others While this idea has captivated philosophy religion and literature for millennia it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesiswith different models emerging from cosmology quantum mechanics and string theoryBeginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies MaryJane Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores the reasons for their recent appearance One concerns the socalled finetuning of the universe natures constants are so delicately calibrated that it seems they have been set just right to allow life to emerge For some thinkers these finetunings are evidence of the existence of God for others however and for most physicists God is an insufficient scientific explanationHence the allure of the multiverse if all possible worlds exist somewhere then like monkeys hammering out Shakespeare one universe is bound to be suitable for life Of course this hypothesis replaces God with an equally baffling article of faith the existence of universes beyond before or after our own eternally generated yet forever inaccessible to observation or experiment In their very efforts to sidestep metaphysics theoretical physicists propose multiverse scenarios that collide with it and even produce countertheological narratives Far from invalidating multiverse hypotheses Rubenstein argues this interdisciplinary collision actually secures their scientific viability We may therefore be witnessing a radical reconfiguration of physics philosophy and religion in the modern turn to the multiverse. 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How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China--and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worldsWhat a Mushroom Lives For pushes today\'s mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal-centric framework of what counts as action, agency, movement, and behavior. But, as Michael Hathaway shows, the world-making capacities of mushrooms radically challenge this orthodoxy by revealing the lively dynamism of all forms of life.The book tells the fascinating story of one particularly prized species, the matsutake, and the astonishing ways it is silently yet powerfully shaping worlds, from the Tibetan plateau to the mushrooms\' final destination in Japan. Many Tibetan and Yi people have dedicated their lives to picking and selling this mushroom--a delicacy that drives a multibillion-dollar global trade network and that still grows only in the wild, despite scientists\' intensive efforts to cultivate it in urban labs. But this is far from a simple story of humans exploiting a passive, edible commodity. Rather, the book reveals the complex, symbiotic ways that mushrooms, plants, humans, and other animals interact. It explores how the world looks to the mushrooms, as well as to the people who have grown rich harvesting them.A surprise-filled journey into science and human culture, this exciting and provocative book shows how fungi shape our planet and our lives in strange, diverse, and often unimaginable ways. Collection of papers on the Multiverse and related topics. Multiverse cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others. While this idea has captivated philosophy, religion, and literature for millennia, it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesis--with different models emerging from cosmology, quantum mechanics, and string theory.Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Mary-Jane Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores the reasons for their recent appearance. One concerns the so-called fine-tuning of the universe: nature\'s constants are so delicately calibrated that it seems they have been set just right to allow life to emerge. For some thinkers, these fine-tunings are evidence of the existence of God for others, however, and for most physicists, God is an insufficient scientific explanation.Hence the allure of the multiverse: if all possible worlds exist somewhere, then like monkeys hammering out Shakespeare, one universe is bound to be suitable for life. Of course, this hypothesis replaces God with an equally baffling article of faith: the existence of universes beyond, before, or after our own, eternally generated yet forever inaccessible to observation or experiment. In their very efforts to sidestep metaphysics, theoretical physicists propose multiverse scenarios that collide with it and even produce counter-theological narratives. Far from invalidating multiverse hypotheses, Rubenstein argues, this interdisciplinary collision actually secures their scientific viability. We may therefore be witnessing a radical reconfiguration of physics, philosophy, and religion in the modern turn to the multiverse. We8217ve always dreamed of perfect places Eden heaven Utopia. Imagine gambling without loss love without heartbreak sex without exposure experience without risk. Welcome to the fascinating world of online virtual reality the land of invented places and populations that is entered and inhabited every week by nearly fifty million people worldwide. Each participant creates a virtual body works at virtual jobs and makes virtual friends and family. In Second Lives Tim Guest an internationally acclaimed young journalist takes us on a revelatory journey through the electronic looking glass as he investigates one of the most bizarre phenomena of the twenty-first century.From Second Life to EverQuest and beyond here are the computer-generated environments and characters that can easily become more engrossing and fulfilling than earthly existence. With the click of a mouse you can select eye color face shape height8211you can even give yourself wings. Your character or avatar can build houses make and sell works of art earn money get married and divorced.In this fascinating and groundbreaking book Guest meets people who found meaningful love and friendship despite never having met in person catches up with the companies that have used virtual worlds to make big money investigates the U.S. military8217s massive online global model that trains soldiers to fight anyone anywhere and travels all the way to gaming-crazed Korea to get a taste for just how big this phenomenon really is.At first glance these new computer-generated places seem free from trouble and sorrow. But Guest examines the dark side of this technology too including the online criminals who plague imaginary worlds from cyber mafiosos and prostitutes to real hackers and terrorists. It seems that one cannot escape greed corruption and human weakness8211even inside a computer screen.Are these virtual worlds a way to enhance life or to escape it? Guest explores this question personally as he lets himself be transported into myriad parallel universes. By turns provocative inspiring and disturbing Second Lives is a crucial book for this millennium. After all real life is so twentieth century.Advance praise for Second Lives8220Tim Guest is a young writer with the literary goods. My Life in Orange his hit memoir of growing up in a commune looked at his past his riveting new book Second Lives looks at our future the world of virtual reality and the spellbound people who inhabit it. The book is some kind of revelation8211by turns compelling chilling and illuminating. Curious intelligent offbeat and artful Guest is at the beginning of a big career.822182128212John Lahr senior drama critic The New Yorker author of Prick Up Your Ears The Biography of Joe Orton Praise from England for Second Lives8220An anthropological adventure but also Guest8217s personal voyage . . . a fascinating portrait of rainbow landscapes and their inhabitants.82218211Time Out London8220Rich and colourful . . . an important mapping of a new social frontier.82218211The Guardian8220Remarkably timely.82218211The Sunday Telegraph8220Astonishing.82218211The Sunday Times [EBOOK] Worlds within Worlds: Ancient Hawaiian Body-mapping.... diagnostic healing system
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