The Cooperating Universe: How Nature Creates Complexity - Softcover

Krieglstein, Dr. Werner J.; Krieglstein M.S., Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1533330611 ISBN 13: 9781533330611

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

If you think the universe is a cold and uncaring place think again. In an ever-evolving universe everything -from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies -follows a pattern of mutual attraction and cooperation. This cooperative principle we call Collective Orchestration. It is active everywhere in the universe. It is the antidote against an increasingly disordered world. The question is: What advantage does an organism derive from using cooperation instead of competition? The simple answer is: Acting in a group preserves energy and therefore avoids premature death for the whole group. Hence, those who cooperate live longer. This gives cooperation an evolutionary advantage. Nature rewards cooperation in yet another significant way: To those who cooperate it offers an escape route into a higher dimension. Individuals, by chance or volition, synchronize and begin to act as one. Synchronization and the resulting cooperation are the product of self organization, which can be found in all complete systems everywhere in the universe. Occasionally, this leads to the birth of a completely new superorganism capable of performing tasks, which previously could not even be imagined. Furthermore, the creation of a superorganism prevents destructive free riders to take advantage of a cooperating group because the group as a whole has now reached a qualitatively higher level of existence. E pluribus Unum. In the process of becoming a superorganism it often becomes necessary for a certain number of individuals to give up their lives. To facilitate such a sacrifice of self interest nature offers these cooperating individuals an exhilarating experience that may include the possibility of numbing their senses through ecstasy.

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About the Author

Werner Krieglstein, a Fulbright scholar and University of Chicago fellow, is an internationally recognized philosopher, author, and performer. Krieglstein holds a doctorate from the University of Chicago and taught at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Krieglstein is the author of The Dice-Playing God, (UPA 1992), Compassion, A New Philosophy of the Other, (Rodopi 2002), Compassionate Thinking, An Introduction to Philosophy, (Kendall Hunt 2006), and Einstein’s Mistake (Create Space 2010).

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1533330611
• ISBN 13: 9781533330611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132