James Gardner - The Biofriendly Cosmos

James Gardner's biocosm theory proposes that the appearance of life in the universe is no accident or chance event. Rather, he views life as an expression of a great cosmic intelligence, hardwired into a timeless, dynamic cycle of creation, evolution, and renewal. The ultimate purpose of highly evolved life, Gardner argues, is ultimately to infuse the entire universe with intelligence, eventually creating a single, vast, cosmic life form.

In this presentation, recorded in Boston, Gardner presents Biocosm, his eloquent and lucid synthesis of the most recent advances in cosmology and complexity theory. This cutting-edge theory, which has won praise from leading scientists and cosmologists around the world, challenges both Darwinists and advocates of intelligent design, and challenges us to consider that we may in fact be the primary shapers of the cosmos of the future.

BIO

James Gardner is a widely published complexity theorist whose peer-reviewed scientific papers have appeared in prestigious scientific journals, including Complexity (the journal of the Santa Fe Institute), the International Journal of Astrobiology, Acta Astronautica (the journal of the International Academy of Astronautics), and the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. He has also written popular articles for WIRED, Nature Biotechnology, The Wall Street Journal, and World Link (the magazine of the World Economic Forum).

Gardner's book Biocosm was selected as one of the ten best science books of 2003 by the editors of Amazon.com and was featured prominently in major stories in TIME, Harper's, National Geographic, U.S. News & World Report and EnlightenNext. Biocosm has been endorsed by leading scientists around the world, including Sir Martin Rees (the UK Astronomer Royal) and cosmologist and Templeton Prize-winner Paul Davies.