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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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James Gardner

James Gardner

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James Gardner is an author recognized for his theory of the "Selfish Biocosm," which proposes that the universe is fundamentally a life-generating and intelligence-amplifying system in which cosmic evolution and biological evolution are deeply intertwined. As a guest on late-night radio, his provocative thesis about the role of intelligence in shaping the cosmos offered a grand philosophical framework that bridged biology, physics, and the question of cosmic purpose.

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April 11, 2004: Cosmology and Evolution - James Gardner

Apr 11, 2004
2h 51m
Art Bell sits down with author James Gardner, who presents a provocative hypothesis that the universe was deliberately engineered by a superintelligent being in a prior cosmic cycle to be life-friendly. Gardner argues that the physical constants of nature function as a cosmic equivalent of DNA, encoding a program de...