----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. H. Paul Shuch Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SETI public: Looking for alien life... Forwarded on behalf of OJ Lougheed:
Subject: Re: SETI public: Looking for alien life...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/15/MNGNV3NFRI1.DTL
"At last week's annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San
Francisco, NASA-sponsored scientists from many research institutions called
their search for life on other planets and their moons "a unifying theme''
for solar system exploration.
"Astrobiology is now the intellectual centerpiece of NASA's efforts in
space exploration," said Bruce M. Jakosky, professor of geology at the
University of Colorado, referring to the new field that integrates
astronomy with the study of life."
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http://www.ties-edu.org/ties_MIL/MILpages/MILmain.htm and associated pages:
"The fundamental principle in education is the correlation of all subjects
and their centralisation in the cosmic plan."
- Maria Montessori
"in the 1940's... she became convinced that every child needs to be
immersed in the story of the universe as the largest context for living
life in an interdependent 'cosmic' world."
(Some may remember this quote: "If Neanderthal Man was at 1, we are up to
about 3. ... most people don't realize that the scale goes to one million.")
The principle questions for graduate students in Radical Montessori
Integrative Studies:
"What are the radical roots of the Montessori vision? How do current
scientific findings support and expand that vision?
"What is a learning community and what capacities are evoked through
participation?
"In what ways can we bring a sense of community - local, regional and
global - to the learning process?
"How might cosmic education lead to systemic thinking, integrated learning
and the creation of the new human as described by Maria Montessori?
"What is humanity's next level of emergence?"
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Well? It's always interesting when Science catches up with the
visionaries...
An "Underground History of American Education" explains in detail why it
has taken so long to do so little:
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/toc1.htm
All this should be of interest to people, who should not only be searching
for extra-terrestrial Intelligence.
May the Search be Wise, (and include all children)
O.J. Lougheed
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