Coevolution of the cosmic past and future: The selfish biocosm as a closed timelike curve: A recipe for cosmic ontogeny and a blueprint for cosmic reproduction

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ComplexityVolume 10, Issue 5 p. 14-21 Essays & CommentariesFree Access Coevolution of the cosmic past and future: The selfish biocosm as a closed timelike curve: A recipe for cosmic ontogeny and a blueprint for cosmic reproduction James N. Gardner, James N. Gardner [email protected] James Gardner is a complexity theorist and the author of BIOCOSM—The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life is the Architect of the Universe (2003). He is the author of three previously published essays for Complexity.Search for more papers by this author James N. Gardner, James N. Gardner [email protected] James Gardner is a complexity theorist and the author of BIOCOSM—The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life is the Architect of the Universe (2003). He is the author of three previously published essays for Complexity.Search for more papers by this author First published: 13 June 2005 https://doi.org/10.1002/cplx.20086Citations: 8 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL REFERENCES 1 Gardner, J. The selfish biocosm: Complexity as cosmology. Complexity 2000, 5(3), 34– 45. 2 von Neumann, J. On the general and logical theory of automata. Cerebral Mechanisms in Behavior. The Hixon Symposium; L.A. Jeffren, Ed.; John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1951; pp 1– 41. 3 Smolin, L. The Life of the Cosmos; Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1997. 4 Linde, A. The self-reproducing inflationary universe. Sci Am 1998, 9(20), 98– 104. 5 Rees, M. Before the Beginning; Addison Wesley: Reading, MA, 1997. 6 Baez, J. on-line commentary on The Life of the Cosmos (available at http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Global/Omega/smolin/txt). 7 Kurzweil, R. The Age of Spiritual Machines; Viking: New York, 1999. 8 Wheeler, J. At Home in the Universe; Woodbury: AIP Press 1994). 9 Dyson, F. Infinite in All Directions; Harper: New York, 1988. 10 Gardner, J. Assessing the robustness of the emergence of intelligence: Testing the selfish biocosm hypothesis. Acta Astronautica 2001, 48(5-12), 951– 955. 11 Gardner, J. Assessing the computational potential of the eschaton: Testing the selfish Biocosm hypothesis. J Br Interplanetary Soc 2002, 55(7/8), 285– 288. 12 Khoury, J.; Ovrut, B.A.; Seiberg, N.; Steinhardt, P.; Turok, N. From big crunch to big bang. hep-th/0108187, 2001. 13 Steinhardt, P.; Turok, N. Cosmic evolution in a cyclic universe. hep-th/0111098, 2001. 14 Lloyd, S. Ultimate physical limits to computation. Nature 2002, 406, 1047– 1054. 15 Hoyle, F. The universe: Past and present reflections. Annu Rev Astron Astrophys 1982, 20, 16– 20. 16 Harrison, E. The natural selection of universes containing intelligent life Quart J Roy Astronom Soc 1995, 36, 193– 203. 17 Crane, L. On the role of intelligent life in the evolution of the universe (unpublished paper, Kansas State University. [undated]). 18 Darwin, C. Autobiography (1809–1882); Norton: New York, 1969. 19 Crick, F. Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature; Simon & Schuster: New York, 1981. 20 Wheeler, J. Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam; Norton: New York, 1998. 21 Gott, J.R.; Li, L. Can the Universe Create Itself? astro-ph/9712344, 2002. 22 Edge interview with Paul Davies, http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/davies/davies_p6.html (8 De. 2002). 23 Linde, A. The Hard Art of Universe Creation, hep-th/9110037, 2002. 24 Susskind, L. The Anthropic Landscape of String Theory, hep-th/0302219, 2003. 25 Weinberg, S. A designer universe? The New York Review of Books 21 October 1999. 26 Kauffman, S. The Origins of Order; Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1993. Citing Literature Volume10, Issue5May/June 2005Pages 14-21 ReferencesRelatedInformation