[dmb] I find it very hard to believe that you could miss this point. Think of the big bang, the way the universe expands in every direction from a single point. It doesn't occupy a pre-existing space as it grows but rather space itself unfolds during that expansion. The evolutionary process is analogous insofar as new forms do not occupy some previously empty stage but rather these forms open up new space, lay down new turf. And this difference is important because the latter avoids the SOM assumption that there is a pre-existing objective reality in which subjects evolve, such as is evoked by branches growing skyward. Those assumptions suggest that evolution happens at certain points inside the universe and the MOQ and Wilber's system assert that the whole universe is itself the process and product of evolution. See?
[Case] The inflationary model of the universe is typically depicted with the example of blowing up a balloon showing how all points of the surface of the balloon can move away from each other at the same time but this is obviously an over simplification and does not mean that inflation is smooth. In fact one of the questions of astrophysics is why the universe is lumpy with large clumps of matter warping space in the form of galaxies and star. One can easily see the model of self similarly working on a cosmic scale from galaxies to solar systems to molecules to atoms... A branching model captures the notions of developmental stage, interdependence and ongoing relationship pretty well I think. Oh yeah and did I mention that this structure appears throughout nature at multiple levels and in multiple dimensions? moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
