this year in ESS, we will focus on global 21st century issues that threaten our beautiful planet. It will be the responsibility of this and future generations to find solutions to these problems through raising awareness, discovering new technology, rewarding innovation, and by passing legislation. this blog will reflect the voice of every earth and space science student in ms. binder's classes during the 2012-2013 school year.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
TED Talk
Watch the following clip. After watching, respond below discussing, in your own words, what the following terms mean to you in the context of the lecture: Entropy, Big History, Goldilocks Conditions, Threshold Moments, and Collective Learning.
Entropy: The universe and us as part of the universe have it in our minds that things go in the order from organized, perfect, singular (uncracked egg) to messed up and unorganized (scrambled egg). We see it as a tree growing, stars from a single seed, and gets bigger and more complex from that. Things can’t go backwards and get smaller or simpler. Big History: Big history explains how the universe was created in simple steps and relate it directly to complexity, and also it shows us how humans are the most complex and also the most fragile, but how we have the most power we have. This is a way of teaching things and also to be able to coin certain terms and have another way of explanation. Goldilocks Conditions: Just like the Goldilocks story - not too hot, yet not too cold .Not too this or that. Exactly the right amount of perfect for the specific situation you are in. Related to the creation of the universe, it is also known as the Habitable zone. Threshold Moments: A Threshold Moment is the point at which something builds or splits to become more complex, improved, and better but also more fragile. There have been millions of threshold moments for us to be at the point at which we are at now. Collective Learning: The earth’s inhabitants are all morphed into one brain and learn together and humans are the first to have it and keep it. Collective learning to me is how we can all share information and teach it to each other and pass it on the further generations.
Goldilocks is what is "just right" for the creation of complexity. This comes from Goldilocks's preference for something that is in the middle of hot and cold, the middle of soft and hard. This title was created by Fred Spear. A threshold moment is a moment when a complexity moves to something slightly more complex, and with that comes delicacy. The goldilocks conditions are harder to meet and are much more precise in each threshold moment. Threshold moments make up big history. Big history reveals how powerful we actually are and how our history has changed. Entropy drives these threshold moments. Collective memory and collective memory are what makes humans humans. Before a human dies, they can share information they've learned and allow that information to grow.
Entropy is when there is a lack of predictability and everything gets out of order. The Big History is the huge and long history of the world, and contains how we came to be, what happened in the past, everything that encompasses our world. The Goldilocks Condition is when everything is just right. This is how our solar system was formed, because everything was just right to make the universe. Threshold moments are when things get harder with each threshold and more fragile, and it's harder to get more complex. Collective Learning is how humans are creative and powerful, because we can accumulate and share knowledge and evolve in our knowledge.
Entropy: Entropy is the law of thermodynamics, showing how heat is transferred in our universe through force.
Big History: Big History to me means the study of big things of our universe. It's creation, it's life cycle, it's timelines. Everything that led to our universe today.
Goldilocks Conditions: When the outcome is "not too hot" or "not too cold." If an event meets the Goldilocks Conditions, it will be able to cross the "Threshold."
Threshold Moments: Threshold moments are moments of the universes creation that were great milestones, where the universe crossed a "threshold." such as Elements being created by stars, bacteria being created, or even the Big Bang.
Collective Learning: Via written and spoken language, humans can evolve both physically AND mentally. They explain what they've learned to their offspring, which allows them to progress as a species. Humans are the only species in the last 4 Billion Years to achieve this gift, and is the explanation of how we have progressed to where we are.
Entropy – Helps us account for the flow of energy through a thermodynamic process.
Big History – Is the whole history of the universe, starting with the Big Bang to life as we know now. Will be a vital tool later in life.
Goldilocks Conditions – The universe can create complexity, in these pockets it’s not too hot or too cold but just right to create complexity and slightly more complex thing appears which build complexity. Conditions for life are the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements and liquids.
Threshold Moments – Moments in time in which important events that made complexity occur.
Collective Learning – We have languages in which we can share information in our collective memory to each other, from generation to generation.
Entropy is the measure of the randomness in a closed system. Big History is a scientific way to examine the history of the Big Bang. Goldilocks Conditions is what makes life sustainable on Earth and why there is no life on any other planets in our solar system. Threshhold Moments were the biggest step like when the asteroids killed all the dinosaurs. Collective learning is learning from generations passed down, remembering the past. -Charlie Fitzgerald
Entropy is the natural tendency of the universe to fall apart into disorder. Big History is examining history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present. Goldilocks Condition is the condition in which something must be just right to be created. Threshold moments are huge steps that our universe has taken in the past 13.7 billion years such as life on earth and humans. Collective learning is the view that we are able to give each other knowledge easily and that it will be able to be passed onto the next generations.
Goldilocks conditions- are not too cold or not too hot, but just right conditions that allow complex organisms to thrive. for this you need the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids.
Entropy- is the natural tendencies of the universe to become disorderly.
Big History- is the History that has happened and the important history that we will need to survive in later generations to come. that start with the big bang all the way up to present day.
Threshold Moments- are big steps in history that shape our future, like the astroid that killed all the dinosaurs because that allowed apes witvh later became homo sapiens.
Collective Learning- is the ability to store in our momories what past generations have learned and we keep on learning new things, and passing them to the next generation. this is what makes humans the most successful speises on earth.
Goldilocks Conditions: When the conditions that allow for the creation of complexity are perfect and just right. This allows the Earth to cross a threshold.
Threshold Moments: Moments in time when the universe gets more complex and passes through a "threshold." The Goldilocks conditions get more strict and the Earth gets more complex. Such complexity is created as things like the big bang, new stars, new chemicals, life on Earth, the solar system, and agriculture are introduced to the universe.
Big History: The study of the universe from the "big" time span ranging from the big bang to the present. It combines all aspects of science including the studies of the cosmos, life, and Earth. It is an emerging field of study in Science and is interesting as it deals with such long time frames.
Entropy: A quantity that deals with the flow of thermodynamic (heat) energy throughout the universe. This energy is transferred by force and is a crucial quantity when dealing with significant events like the Big Bang.
Collective Learning: The idea that humans can evolve both mentally and physically through the use of written and spoken language. Knowledge is passed through generations in this way which explains our progress as a species as we are the only one in the past 4 billion years that has had this gift. In more simplified terms, our ability to work and communicate collectively has helped us to learn things and solve problems dealing with the world around us.
This man starts off by talking about entropy which is the general tendency of the universe is to move from order/structure to no-order/mush. Similar to the video of the whole egg (order) being broken into yoke (mush), we are so used to seeing order and structure being broken down into complexity and mush, not mush being turned into something complex and orderly. This is why when we saw the video backwards, the yoke of the egg being put back into the cracked eggshell, seems so strange to us. He moves onto Goldilocks conditions which are the things that make life sustainable on Earth (Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Water). These things are not too hot, and not too cold, not too big, not too small. Goldilocks conditions can be found in our planet. Earth is the perfect distance from the sun to be able to contain water and receive sunlight. Earth’s temperature is stable and the atmosphere is habitable. It is not too hot, nor too cold. We are not too close to the sun, but we are also not too far. These goldilocks conditions are building complexity stage by stage. Threshold moments are defined as complex things that get more fragile and vulnerable and they become more difficult to create complexity. These threshold moments are responsible for joining two worlds that meet, or even overlap. For example, humans are a part of the threshold, as we can join two worlds such as separate generations or centuries. The majority of this video is big history which examines history on a large scale across long time frames. In the lecture, the man used big history when discussing the Universe and it’s beginning, and its growing complexity. Finally collective learning is how humans learn through different experiences. From the beginning, humans migrating to new environments and in each migration we had to learn ways to adapt to and deal with our surroundings. We are still learning every day.
Entropy- everything in the world goes through a process of order to chaos. We all expect everything in the world that is in order to loose its shape and become chaotic. For example the video of the egg was confusing to us because it started out as chaos and all broken up and mixed together then was separated and put back together to a single form and had order to it.
Big History- when the whole history of the world is being studied. It examines different time frames in history that can explain how the world is today. For example, things like the big bang is a point in big history that explains ho the universe was created. Also the extinction of dinosaurs was another big point in big history that was the start of our generation. It is the time frame from day one to now and how things are interconnected and how thing play off one another.
Goldilocks Conditions- conditions are just right in order for the creation of complexity. It is not to hot nor too cold and it creates chance for more complexity to form. It takes great difficulty to create complexity and this theory helps it. Complexity can build off each other and can help create more complexity. Examples are earth because it is just far enough away from the sun in order to stay warm but not too warm to where it burns up but not too far to where it freezes.
Threshold moments- the moments in big history that is between the stages of complexity. In each threshold each condition gets tougher and it is harder to create complexity and it creates more vulnerability and fragility. To look back at the creation of our universe the moments can be seen because things started our simple but continued to cross these thresholds to become more complex.
Collective Learning- Things humans have learned can be passed down from person to person. Each generation learns something during their lifetime and because of language we are allowed to pass down new learning’s and teach them to future generations. Also, humans link up globally through shipping and trade.
Entropy is the sequence of events and the way things evolve. Big history is the complexity of our universe and how the universe started with nothing and continued to grow through stages to the present day. The goldilocks conditions to me mean that those are the conditions needed to allow our human nature and actions to flourish. The threshold moments are the climax/turning points in our history from one sort of generation to the next. Also, collective learning to me means the usage of previous actions added onto the current generations actions to rise up and progress forward.
Entropy- represents the slimness of the chances of everything that has happened from the beginning of the universe, and how uncertain we must be in order to live here, without knowing exactly how random the conditions are. If the universe turned out differently, maybe did something a fraction of a second too late or too early, the entire history of the universe could have turned out differently. Big history- To me, big history represents the history of history, and trying to understand what created everything that we know. We study the "big history" despite the fact that we have little to no sources of what happened. We try to understand literally everything, and we mold it with our own ideas to create a more reasonable and processable theory. Goldilocks conditions- Goldilocks conditions, I believe, go hand in hand with entropy. They represent the conditions that the universe would have to be in for certain events to transpire, for example, life. If the universe did not put Earth in the exact spot it is in, and the sun where it is, the slim chances of the atmosphere being containable, and a thousand other conditions, we would have never existed. The Goldilocks conditions are what some would call miraculous, but to science, it is just a lucky coincidence. Threshold moments- The moments that decide whether the universe turns out one way or another. For example, if the meteor did not strike the Earth millions of years ago in the exact spot to hit the Earth (which the chances are very slim that it would hit Earth), humans may not have prospered and become dominant. But it did hit, and that is why we are here today to talk about it. That is a great example and cause of entropy, and results from "Goldilocks Conditions". It is actually amazing to think that we could have won the lottery, out of everyone in the world, but the chance that we were created, at all the slim chances that it would fit together, is incredibly small, almost infinitely, because there is an infinite amount of things that could have destroyed our chances at life, or any life. Collective learning- It somewhat explains how humans are able to become intelligent and dominant. We are able to absorb information, and actually pass the power of information down through genes. With no small help from evolution, we are able to slowly become more powerful.. I do not completely understand collective learning, in that why we are the only species that has evolved so much. Of course, we can't pass down specific knowledge, like what 2+2 equals, but the capacity for knowledge increases slowly, as our species progresses.
To me the word Entropy holds very little weight. I know it's a mathematical equation of some sort. I know that it was used to help with discoveries into the universe but other than that i know very little of it. I looked it up after watching the video and i'm still as confused about it if not even more confused as to what it really does or means. Big History to me means what happend from the curation of the universe to now. It is the "big" picture of how the universe came to be. Collective learning seems to be coming together as a species and learning from what you are given. For example collective learning took place during the creation of farming. People learned to survive and flourish off of what they had. Goldilocks Conditions is the "Just right" circumstance. Earth falls into what a Goldilocks Condition is because it is in the perfect place from where are sun is. It's not to far and it's not to close to the sun. Threshold Moments to me mean the monuments steps in history. They are the turning points in history, if you will. One could look back and say this is when it started, or this is a threshold moment.
I found the lecture rather interesting and it gave some insight to the holes that I had always saw in the thoery of evolution. It brings up several points and uses them to explain how evolution works. Entropy Big History is a thermodynamic that explains the general order-to-chaos movement of the universe, and vise versa, which eventually leads to complexity.Goldilocks Conditions allow things to become more complex if they exist in the perfect conditions, these can include liquids, the right amount of energy and diverse chemestry. Threshold Moments are the points in history where things become more and more complex, and as they progress it takes harshes Goldilock Conditions and Threshold Moments. The reason humans evolved through the complexity of the world is because of Collective Learning, a process where DNA learned through generations and thus humans are able to learn and evolve.
This video was incredibly insightful. It was truly inspiring to see this man talk to us about the history of the earth and the impact we have had on this earth. The cool thing about the whole idea was Big History. It allowed us to see the whole entire history of the universe on a timeline that was easy to understand. The idea of Big History though, reveals to me and most likely most humans how big of an impact we have had on this earth in such a relatively small time we have been here. The Goldilocks condition planets have, and specifically earth has is very interesting. The fact that everything must essentially perfect in order to create life and planets blows my mind. It shows me how rare life probably is in the rest of the universe, and kinda how lucky we are to be living on earth. The idea of Entropy also is very cool. The whole idea that everything is sustained, but moves towards chaos is very different. Most people would think that the laws of science we are accustomed to are the exact opposite of entropy. However, it is the laws and ideas behind entropy that allowed for creation of the universe, solar sytem, the earth, and ultimately humans. The Threshold moment described in the video was interesting as well. I really though it was cool thataccording to him, humans had their own designated threshold moment. We have our own moment because of the immense imnpact we have had on this earth and oour ability to think at a much higher level and our sustained dominance over the planet's other species. The fact that Collective Learning is imperative to our survival and long lasting dominace, but also detrimental to the planet is a scary thought.Our ability to Collectively learn has allowed humans to thrive in the world of simple minded creatures, however it is also the most possible answer to our eventual downfall. To me, it is essentially the way the earth institutes Checks and Balances with humans.If we push the limits of the earth too far, we may find ourselves wihtout a planet suitable to our living capacity anymore.
To me, entropy means the automatic progression towards chaos and away from order. Everything has some sort of expiration date, whether it be the half life decay of an element, the death of an organism or the fusion and fission that create new materials. Entropy means that everything not only can change, but will, if there isnt something to stop it from doing so. Entropy also defines what can possibly take up physical space, meeting the thresholds of the time.
Big History is a humbling and minimizing concept that reminds us humans how brief our stay on this planet is and has been, and reminds us to make the most of it. While that sounds cliche, Big History shows us that everything around us has been here for a truly unfathomable amount of time, a time scale of numbers that does not mean anything logical to us other than we are merely a blip in the history of space time and our own planet.
Goldilocks conditions are when the properties and laws are set up in such a way that allows for the upward progression of matter, life, etc. Our universe's physical laws are so perfect that allow molecules to form, bond and create complex materials. Had gravity been to strong or the strong nuclear force to weak, atoms would have never formed after the big bang. Another example of goldilocks conditions can be seen in the distance Earth is from the sun. We could have been to close or too far, our planet to big or small to allow for the gravity, temperature and pressure that allowed organisms to form.
Threshold moments are when, through big history, a change occured so major that it affected the way matter and atoms interacted with itself. It allowed for molecules, amino acids and life to form, everytime a threshold was crossed into a new era of Big History.
Collective Learning is what makes us human. We all had our own drop into the bucket of the human experience, the human story. Other organisms have no knowledge or regard for other organisms of its same species in seperated populations, but humans are a global species with truly global connections that allow us to build off of eachother and become greater and greater with each generation.
Entropy is the general tendency of nature to go from order to disorder. Instead of objects of the world developing complexity over time, it begins in perfect unison and over time wears down and loses its structure.
Big History really deals with deep time. Instead of the time that human history involves, or even life it deals with billions and billions of years of history. Involves broadening perspective over rather incomprehensible time periods for man.
Goldilocks conditions basically mean that everything happened to be just right for complex life to establish itself on Earth. If any conditions of the universe were different like the laws of gravity or the strong nuclear force or the sun being slightly bigger life as we know it couldn't exist.
Threshold moments are moments in the long history of the universe that provide the ability for complexity to build, while at the same time already existing complexity becomes fragile. An important threshold moment was the big bang.
Collective learning is the human ability to communicate, allowing further knowledge to grow and accumulate. It allows us to be more skilled and complex.
Entropy, to me means everything happening the way it’s NOT supposed to happen, like a disorderly system. Big History, where ALL big history is discovered and studied. It studies history on a larger scale across a long frame of time. Goldilocks Conditions, not to hot, not too cold, just right. To me it means it’s basically a perfect condition, the most perfect and right condition you could be in. Threshold Moments, to me means looking to God in every circumstance. Believing so highly in God that you start to believe each thing you do and each thing that happens has somewhat connection with God. Collective Learning, means real world learning. Getting to experience things for yourself, so that’s how you know its real.
The Goldilocks theory is very amazing in my opinion. This fact that there is this certain specific detail that will allow life and evolution to take place makes it seem like it would be near to impossible for it to happen. What amazes me more is that it did happen and here we are, millions of years later of course. It is incredible to me that at some point somewhere there was this perfect mixture of things as in perfect heat and distant from the stars that allowed life to spring up.
Entropy is this idea that things that are in order are suppose to go back to disorder and complexity. I am very glad that our universe doesn't lean this way or else I would just be a bunch of bouncing atoms and I would be unhappy. In a way the world does go back to complexity. Looking at the world from a micro perspective humans create these connections between one another that are extremely complex. Humans are complex things that form together to create order and then they go off and create more complexity.
Threshold moments are moments at which a new substance is created causing more complexity and vulnerability. Threshold moments can also happen in our societies. When a new law is formed it causes things to become for complex for all people affected.
Big History connects the Big Bang theory and the occurrences that took place there to present day life. This is what the speaker on the Ted talk used to transfer the information to the audience. It brings a click moment of better understanding because it makes the information more relate-able or familiar.'
Collective learning is cooperation. This can even be used to describe how the universe came to be. All of these atoms collected together to create something new.
Entropy: Law of Thermodynamics, that with law and structure comes a lack of law and lack of structure and in to mush. Just like the beginning of the video started with the scrambled eggs and reversed back to its original state of a single egg. Big History: The whole history of the life of our universe from when it first started 13.7 billion years ago until today. Goldilocks Conditions: The conditions for life to start containing the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids. Threshold Moments: Defining moments in time that help made our earth, solar system, and universe the way it is now. An example is when Humans begin to live life on earth. Collective Learning: The difference between us humans and other mammals is that we learn from our mistakes and grow from them to become better more intelligent human beings.
Big History- In the video I felt that the main concept was all about this big history. This was the base for the entire story. It was a drawn out and well developed map of everything going back to when the universe was first created. Explained everything as far back to how energy was created and how the forces were developed over time, to the present day and how we see complexity in our modern world.
Goldilocks Conditions- This is explaining in depth about all the little things that were occurring on earth. Talking about energy and how we have the exact amount that we need to survive. The elements that are located on the periodic table all fall into place in a certain degree and they give us the thing that we need. These things are the things that link species to energy and different elements in our earth.
Threshold Moments- These moments I feel are the most important parts of the Big History. They show the turning points and the key moments in our universe. The main thing that I think these threshold moments showed was change in the universe and how change affects everything else around it.
Collective- DNA and how it relates to everything that is made up on earth. The information that it presents about all the things we know about how people are different comes from DNA. When it showed all of the DNA strands and just the one was red, it was saying how just that one can show you something different and that is what makes our universe diverse and complex.
Entropy- This is showing how energy has to be exactly on point to make everything in the universe flow together. It says how this is a deciding factor and keeps everything together. The wrong amount of energy will cause a massive outbreak and would allow complete chaos.
Big history- in the video was every moment that the world has been here since the Big Bang(13.7 billion years ago). Threshold Moments- Are all the moments in our worlds history that have contributed for humans being here living. Entropy- Is the second law of thermodynamics. It is that the universe is to move from order and structure to lack of order and lack of structure to mush. Goldilocks Conditions- are all the conditions that make us able to live on earth. The earth has the right amount of energy for us to live on it. The second condition is that we have diverse chemical elements. Liquids are another one because they can fuse together at the right pace unlike gasses and solids. Collective Learning- Is being able to learn things collectively. The things that really help humans have collective learning is the human language. The things that a human learn is that it gets passed down generation to generation and that is why humans are so creative and so powerful. We are the only humans that have this gift. It is very powerful.
The lecture given by this man named Ted was very interesting and it gave some insight into the history of the world and how it came to be. Ted brings up many great points and uses them to explain how evolution works. Entropy Big History, or thermodynamics, explains the general movement of the universe is to move from order-to-chaos and vise versa, which leads to complexity.Goldilocks Conditions allow things to become more complex and how they exist in the perfect conditions(not too cold and not too hot). These can include liquids, the right amount of energy and diverse chemistry. Threshold Moments are every complex things that happen throughout the universe time line. For example Ted says that the fourth threshold is the planets being created. The reason humans evolved through the complexity of the world is because of Collective Learning. We are the only species that have this ability. It is a process where our DNA has allowed us to learn through out generations and thus humans are able to learn and evolve.
Entropy essentially means to me the measurement of randomness or lack of consistency. Big History to me is his outlook on complexity and life itself. Goldilocks Condition is a condition that has to be just right and perfect for the creation of complexity occur. Threshold Moments are very important and necessary events that have happened in the creation of our Solar System. Collective Learning is the power that humans have due to communication.
Entrophy- This is how everything in the world fits together. At the beginning it was organized and now everything is scattered and spread out.
Big history- This is going back to the beginning of the earth and basically just hearing the explanation of how everything got started and where everything is now.
Goldilocks condition- Are the things necessary for there to be life on a planet. These things include Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water.
Threshold Moments- This moment is when you gain understanding of a deep subject and you finally realize what its all about.
Collective learning- This can only be done by humans. Over time the human race has gotten smarter and smarter its because we can learn from our past and keep improving ourselves. Thats why humans keep getting greater and greater.
Entropy was what some could say the overall theme of the whole lecture. The whole time he kept mentioning about complexity and how the Earth over time has had difficulty to create many complex things. Entropy is this idea of complexity, but it shows that the universe is very detailed and complex but its natural inclination is to move away from that until it is not as complex as it used to be. Throughout the lecture, the speaker went through several of his points showing the Earth and the universe as they both progressed through time. At the beginning of time, there was nothing but black and darkness, yet then there was a huge explosion and the universe began to form. As time went by, the stars and then the planets formed, then life was later formed, and finally we humans came along. This is called Big History which is the long and complex progression of how the universe came to be as it is today. The Goldilocks Conditions describe how all this was able to form in such a precise manner. These conditions made it all possible to come into the universe. One condition is to have the right amount of energy so that the atoms do not pull apart because of being too big or don’t not combine because of being too small. In order for the atoms to combine, diverse chemicals elements must be involved so that they can form the next type of complexity. Finally they must involve liquids somehow since atoms can combine to form molecules easily in liquids, unlike in solids since they are so compressed or in gases since they move so fast past each other they can’t collide slowly enough to form molecules. Threshold Moments are what makes up the history of the universe, showing each major step of time and how each time it got more difficult to create complex things. From threshold to threshold, the speaker explained how these threshold moments made the universe to what it is today. From Earth and the rest of the Solar System being created, to life appearing on Earth, to the beginning of our species are all threshold moments of our universe. Finally Collective Learning is one of the reasons why humans are different than the rest of the species on Earth. When humans die, they leave an impact on the next generation, leaving them information and resources. This leads future generations to develop even more and gain more intelligence. However other species on our planet do not leave any impact or legacy on their future generations which lead them not to further develop their species.
Entropy is the unharvested energy from a closed system. In the beginning of the universe this energy in the closed loop was what would have started the big bang. Big history is the measure of history from the time of the big bang. Goldilocks conditions were the perfect conditions necessary for the big bang to happen and for the universe to be created. The threshold moments were the moments right before the big bang. Collective learning is how we have all learned about the universe over time.
Entropy is a term used to describe how the universe works. The universe moves from regularity and formality to irregularity and chaos. Goldie locks conditions are the fine line and perfect conditions that our planet and solar system must follow and match to sustain life. Three of these conditions include the right amount of energy, diversity of elements, and the presence of liquids. Threshold moments are the major stepping stones on our universe’s history to get to where we are today. A few major threshold moments include the initial expansion that created our universe, the creation of Hydrogen and Helium, protons fusing and energy being released to create stars, stars dying to make more elements, and the creation of living things. Big History is the big picture of our universes history or looking at time on a bigger scale then it is typically referred to. Collective learning is the concept that through human communication we are the only species that can pass on knowledge, and learn as a whole over time. We are also the only species that can store information outside of ourselves (through written words and technology), and communicate across the world.
The first thing talked about in the lecture was entropy. This is basically the flow of energy through our universe. This is a fascinating idea that was covered very briefly in the lecture and I would like to learn more about it. Threshold moments are the breakthrough and discovery of new ideas and things. In the lecture this idea is described as increasingly difficult as each threshold is presented. I think the name for these moments is really capturing, because crossing a threshold is a metaphor of going into a different place that could be foreign and adventurous. Any new discovery or understanding can be described by this idea. Big history is basically just the entire history of the beginning of our universe until now. It was very interesting how in the lecture the man mentioned that he hopes his grandson, Daniel, can learn big history and use it to the advantage of his generation. I agree with this because it is important to understand our world’s history, and to know the opportunities and knowledge it can present. The goldilocks conditions are a set of conditions that make it possible for a planet to support life. These conditions include food, water, and breathable air. Without these things life cannot be sustained. This is what makes Earth so special; it is the only planet we know of that fully has all of these conditions. Other planets have some of these like water, but not all the condition needed to fully support life. Collective learning can be described as gathering knowledge, information, and past experiences to understand things. This is an important tool that can be used to the advantage of any person or scientist using this type of learning. I think this is an intriguing type of learning that can only have positive effects.
The easiest way to describe entropy is to say that it describes the natural tendency of the universe to fall apart into disorder. Big History to me is seen as every moment from when the Universe grew from the size of an atom to the size of a galaxy in a fraction of a second. From what I gathered from the video, the Goldilocks conditions are a set of conditions made up by scientists to show what kind of requirements a planet must have. Also, each threshold makes a permanent mark in history when something truly new appeared and forms never before seen began to arise. As for collective learning, my best way to describe it would be the cooperation of different knowledge coming together to discover more about our universe.
Entropy is the movement from order to disorder. It is the loss of control into chaos. Big History is the study of the history of the Earth from the Big Bang Theory to today. Goldilocks Conditions is the condition that is perfect for the creation of complexity. This kind of condition is rare and made with great difficulty. The complexity created creates something more complex and on and on. Threshold Moments is when the complex things become more vulnerable, making complexity more difficult to create. Collective Learning is the idea that humans have the unique ability, language, to share knowledge with one another.
The creation of the universe, also known as the Big History, went through stages of Threshold Moments, each time something was suddenly created within the universe, that would be a threshold moment. In the beginning, complexity builds with the Goldilocks Conditions, which is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for the creation of complexity, and slightly more complex things are built. During each threshold, gravity and temperature rise which then creates the next threshold. Collective Learning is the view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge.
The universe can create complexity but with great difficulty. This can only happen with complexity creating complexity. One of these threshold moment are things like the start of the universe. 10million degrees is a threshold moment because starts are formed and this in turn causes the goldilocks effect in which all elements on the periodic table are formed. The supernovas allowed for a more chemically complex universe. The creation of planets is another threshold moment. In the goldilocks condition you need energy, chemicals, and liquids in order to make living things. Also if you stabilize the base you can copy it and pass it on, this is DNA, and when it spreads is changes ever so slightly. The asteroid allowed humans to grow since the dinosaurs. One of DNA’s adaptations is for organisms to have brains and learn but once the die the information dies with them. Another threshold moment is that through human evolution we learned speech which allows our knowledge and experiences to far out last our short time on earth. And that’s why we have a gift of creativity and adaptation. This is now collective learning and once we learned to farm, cities were created. Then cities began to trade and grow internationally, and now we constantly trade knowledge and information. This is why we are so knowledgeable and creative now more so than we were even 50 years ago. 7 billion people are learning at warp speed.
The universe has a very unique story in which it goes through different big stages. In each of these stages, the universe went through a major event that changed things dramatically. Things are created at the start with the "goldilocks conditions" in which the temperature is ideal, not too hot and not too cold. With these conditions, complexity starts to build and life begins to form. As time goes on, the universe goes through more stages and achieves more milestones that allow us to survive here such as gravity and increases of temperature. Through collective learning, the human species gathers a big amount of information and the information spreads, which is what makes the earth, our universe, and humanity marvelous.
Entropy is that the general tendency of the universe is to go from order and structure lack of order and lack of structure, mush. Goldilocks Conditions are not too hot and not too cold just right for the creation of complexity. For this you’ll need the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids. There then more complex things appear one after another. Each threshold moment, the complex things get more vulnerable and the goldilocks conditions become more precise and it becomes more difficult to create complexity. Collective Learning is a way of thinking about how humans retain a unique capacity to accumulate and share knowledge and then continue teaching this to the next generations. I think that this video is very interesting; the speaker intrigues me with the analogies that he gives and through an outlook on how complexity creates more complexity in which becomes how we live and generate new things. He really made me think about an entirely new concept that I had never heard of and that I would like to learn more about.
One of the things that David Christian ask is how can the universe be created when the Law of Entropy would go against this. The Law of Entropy says, as described by David Christian, is that the general tendency of the universe is to from order and structure to lack of order, lack of structure, in fact to mush. So when the goldilocks condition is just right, "not to hot, not to cold, just right," the big bang happened and the universe was created. And as the universe expanded, there were these things called threshold moments. David Christian describes this as impression of something utterly new, appearing out of nowhere. There were about five threshold impressions, the last one being the creation of life on Earth. One of the Goldilock conditions is the fact that there was enough energy to create the chemistry that was needed to create life, it was not to hot or not to cold, which is why Earth seems to be the perfect planet. And as humans started to evolve, human language allowed us to share what we learn and accumulate in the human memory, from generation to generation, or collective learning. This collective learning, along with Big History, shows us the nature of our complexity and fragility and the dangers that face us. This is what David Christian talks about with his conference on TED.
Entropy is the general tendency in which things go from order and structure to lack of order and lack of structure. Big History means the story in how the universe creates complexity despite the 2nd law (entropy). The Goldilocks Conditions pockets that are just right in order for the universe to form. Thresh hold moments are the pin point in the universes greatest changing moments. Collective Learning is what makes humans different by language and learning more over time, and becoming better in every way possible through collective learning.
Entropy is the quantity that helps to account for the flow of energy through a thermodynamic process.
To help people understand the big picture of the world including goals and obsticles we must achieve and how the world revolves around how we do things.
The Goldilocks Conditions are a Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water. These things are what makes us humans able to live on earth healthy.
When one thing leads to another time after time again non stop. things you cant keep track of or control.
The view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge.
Entropy- a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work. Big History- concept of studying a huge period of time (life science, earth science and the study of the cosmos). Goldilocks Conditions- when the conditions are perfect for the Universe to pass through another threshold. Threshold Moments- when there is any big change in the Universe. Collective Learning- humans communicate form generation to generation so they pass on a lot of information, that's why we are the top of the food chain.
Entropy- When in the context of the Ted Talk video entropy in my eyes means lacking order and structure and gradually overtime turning into disorder. Goldilocks Conditions- This means that there are a set amount of conditions that are very complicated that make us able to live on Earth today. Threshold Moments- Is when something completely new is created in the universe, for example when the creation of stars occurred it was a threshold moment. Collective Learning- Is that we as a species have an ability unlike any other species to accumulate knowledge. For example rats have always been as smart as they are (which is not very) but humans began to learn to farm then make technology and are now where they are today, why this is, is a phenomenon, or it could be God, who knows?
Entropy- an equation used to derive the unavailability of our solar system's thermal energy in conversion to mechanical work.
Big History- the concept of studying time from the very beginning to the present day. Covers all forms of sciences (life science, earth science, and the study of the cosmos).
Goldilocks Conditions- when conditions line up just right so that the Universe can pass through another threshold.
Threshold Moments- when there is a big jump in the life of Earth (coming out of the Ice Age).
Collective Learning- the ability for humans to communicate from generation to generation. This process of sharing ideas and strategies is what has lead us to be one of the most dominate of species.
Goldilocks Conditions: Not too hot, not too cold, just the perfect conditions for the creation of complexity. With the creation of complexity, slightly more complex things can be made.
Threshold Moments: The moment when more complexity is created. These moments build onto each other, building more and more stages of complexity. Stars are created from threshold moments, when everything comes together perfectly and it reaches that critical moment.
Big History: examines history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present. It looks at long time frames and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture Christian keeps referring to it as "In Big History", "When Big History did"
Entropy: a mathematical thermodynamic belief? that helps to account for the flow of energy through a thermodynamic process
Collective Learning: In my mind, collective learning is putting together all of the things you have learned and all of the ways that you learned into a big understanding. You look at all the little pictures and put together the big picture.
I really liked this lecture. I love all TED Talks but this one really amazed me. I loved the threshold moments and how the stars were created. To create humans is incredibly complex. But yet, somehow, after all of the Goldilocks Conditions and all of the fighting through threshold moments, we came to be. Somehow, through some coincidences and lucky conditions, we walk this earth. We are the result of complex events.
I found this lecture by David Christian to be very interesting, as it brought some insight on some subjects i was rather uneducated about. Primarily this lecture talked about the theory of evolution. It conveys several points and uses them to explain how evolution really works. One of the subjects he talked about was Entropy Big History. Entropy Big History is a thermodynamic that explains the basic order to order chaos movement of the universe, and also the other way around which ultimately leads to complexity. Another subject he talked about was the Goldilocks conditions. Before this lecture I had a little bit of knowledge about these conditions, but after his lecture everything seemed to be clear. Goldilocks conditions allow things to become more complex if the perfect conditions are present; these could include liquids, the right amount of energy and diverse chemistry. One of the final subjects he talked about was threshold moments, which are the points in history where things become more and more complex, and as they progress it takes harsher Goldilocks Conditions and Threshold moments. What I came away from this speech is the reason humans evolved thorough the complexity of the world is because of collective learning, a process where DNA learned through generations and thus humans are able to learn and evolve.
In the history of the world in 18 minutes, a wide spectrum of knowledge was presented about our solar system and the universe. The term entropy used in this presentation means that the universe is so complex, that it is unpredictable in some circumstances. This introduces a couple more terms such as Big History, which is the study of historic events on a ginormous scale. An example of big history is when it all began, the big bang. Another term for something created in the universe is called Threshold moments, when something utterly new is abruptly created. Imagine, a new element just happens to be created somewhere in the comsos. In the Universe, life can only be created under a circumstance called goldilocks conditions. This is when in the solar system, a planet in any position in space when the temperature and axis of a planet is perfectly aligned to create life forms. In conclusion, we can absorb this knowledge and remember it by a term called collective learning. Humans have the ability of collective learning, we are the only known species to actually study history and learn how everything works in moderation.
Entrophy - A natural order born from clutters of chaos in an environment. Big History - The literal Big History, which is composed of every event that had taken place here on Earth. Goldilocks Condition - A scientific term that is used as a description referenced from the character Goldilocks. It is the state of where it's not too much, not too less, but just right for the complexity. Threshhold Moment - An instantaneous result shown after a momentous buildup. Collective Learning - Unlike an information when it dies along with the user, collective information is shared among others than the user itself, accumulating and lasting for generations.
Entropy means the unscrambling of the universe. Chaos might even be a synonym. it is the tendency of things to change and be rearranged from the orderly into the disorderly. Goldilocks conditions are when everything is just right to allow for complexity in the Earth and universe as we know it today. Big history is the story of the entire history of the universe, rather than just of humans. So this story dates back 13.7 billion years. It includes everything from nothingness to an entire universe, which is the first threshold moment. At first it is viewed as just a blur but is quickly transformed into matter and protons. It consisted of huge clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms. The next threshold moment is when the temperature meets a goldilocks condition of 10 million degrees, which allows for the creation of stars. This once again adds complexity. Stars help create a new goldilocks condition for future things such as new chemicals and elements. This leads to the creation of planets and universes, which is another threshold moment. Once living organisms were created, the next threshold was crossed. The goldilocks conditions for life is energy, not too much or too little, diversity of elements, and liquid (water). The reason humans are different is through collective learning or the ability to adapt. New ways to thrive and evolve all goes into collective learning.
Entropy is the tendency of things to gravitate towards chaos over order. To me, entropy is important because I see it as almost the antagonist of progress, the primary obstacle of evolution. With the presence of entropy, organisms such as us humans are hindered in our desires for progress. Goldilocks conditions are when conditions are perfect so that the universe can generate complexity and fight entropy. When looking at big history the entire history of the universe, we can truly appreciate our presence as superior organisms. When the universe first crossed the initial threshold moment, it consisted of huge clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms. The next threshold moment is when the temperature meets a goldilocks condition of 10 million degrees, which allows for the creation of stars. This engenders further complexity of the universe. Stars help create a new goldilocks condition for future things such as new chemicals and elements. This leads to the creation of planets and universes, which is another threshold moment. The creation of living things is the next threshold. The goldilocks conditions for life is energy, not too much or too little, diversity of elements, and liquid. What makes humans unique from all other organisms in the universe known to us is our ability to collectively learn, which allows us to create complex structures which other organisms is not capable of.
Entropya is measure of the non tangable in a system that is also thought to be a measure of the system's disorder. Big History is the history from the big bang to now. Goldilocks Conditions is not too cold and not too hot, perfect conditions for complexity. Threshold Moments are when complexity is created, when it passes through a threshhold. Collective Learning is when all the little pictures to come together and show the big picture, it is what makes us different then other beings.
Entropy: that the universe has a normal tendency to go from order to structure to lack of order to mush. Big History: Once big bang happened there were tons of stars, everything that happened from the big bang to today explains big history. Fossil fuels are a part of big history as well. Big history shows us our power of collective learning. Goldilocks Conditions: refers to the creation of complexity when things are not too hot or not to cold, they are just right. Stars create the Goldilocks conditions. Goldilocks conditions for life are having a good amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, liquids, Threshold Moments: refers to each threshold getting tougher, the complex things get more fragile, the goldilocks conditions get more complicated and it is overall more difficult to create complexity. Some threshold moments were when stars were created; rocky planets were created and then made a more diverse environment. Threshold 5 is life on earth. Threshold 6 is the appearance of species. Collective Learning: It’s what makes humans different. Example was how humans migrated and learned things as they migrated. Because of collective learning we can pass down information and intelligence. Fossil fuels and collective learning can explain the complexity around us.
We should watch more videos like this. I've seen Ted Talks before but this is one of the more interesting ones I've seen. I really liked the term Goldilocks conditions (just right), and it makes me wonder if our Goldilocks conditions are only relative to our planet/solar system, if the Goldilocks conditions would be different in another galaxy, etc. causing a totally different kind of life form, such as a non-carbon based life form. I also thought the idea of collective learning was really cool in how it described the accumulation of all knowledge and it makes me wonder if the human mind has limits to the things it can learn.
Entropy is a measure of the disorder in a system containing energy or information. The less ordered a system is, the more entropy it has.
Big history is the study of the history of earth across a massive span of time, rather than the few thousand or million of years that we generally think of when we think of history.
The Goldilocks Conditions are what make life sustainable on Earth. These things are a breathable atmosphere, the temperature rate, and liquid water.
Threshold moments are moments in time where something vital to the world that we live in now had the possibility of happening, and the threshold moment is when that thing occur. An example of this is the moment when the Big Bang happened rather than not happening.
Collective learning is the sharing of knowledge that allows scientists to pool together their experiences to solve problems that would be impossible otherwise.
Entropy- The general structure of the universe travels from order to structure and lack of structure to mush. Big History- Gravity is more powerful where there is more stuff. Hydrogen and Helium nuclei capture electrons to form stable atoms. A huge release of energy makes stars. Molecules combine to form living organisms. Goldilocks Conditions- Not to hot, not to cold, but just right for the creation of complexity. It gets more stringent. With Goldilocks conditions, you need more energy, diverse chemical elements as well as liquids so the molecules can move freely in order to make gases. Threshold Moments- During each Threshold, it gets tougher; the complexity gets more fragile and vunerable which makes is difficult to create complexity. Collective Learning- The idea that humans can fathom the complexity of the universe and share our knowledge to future generations.
This man is brilliant the way he explains the big bang theory the splitting of atoms how they multiply is awesome the "big theory" he covered so much in so little time. the "big theory" covers how our universes came to existence in the matter of a second.he used time evidence and data to understand the big bang theory with empirical evidence to explore cause-and-effect relations.
Entropy - Law of Thermodynamics Big History -History of the earth on a large scale Goldilocks Conditions - Many things have to be perfect for life to happen Threshold Moments - Large moments in our earth's history such as the Big Bang. Collective Learning - When all the little things line up perfectly to form a bigger picture, like making the human species so advanced.
Entropy- When things naturally break apart into chaos. Big History- The history of the universe which started 13.7 billion years ago. Goldilocks Conditions- When everything is perfect, for example, the goldilocks conditions for life are just the right amount of energy. Not too much and not too little. Threshold moments- These are the big turning points in the progression of the universe, for example when hydrogen and helium atoms came together and formed the first basic molecules this was the first threshold moment. Collective Learning- What makes humans different than all the other organisms is that we can collectively learn, which allows us to become more complex.
Entropy - the universe has a tendency to move from order and structure to lack of order and lack of structure. Big History - the story of our universe from when it began to now. it shows us the complexity and fragility of the dangers that face us; also shows us our power with collective learning Goldilocks Conditions - everything has to the right conditions in order for it to work; not too cold, not too hot, not too much, not too little, etc. Threshold Moments - each moment that the universe has gone through, increasing in complexity with each step. Collective Learning - our ability to learn and get better, adapt, change, etc.; it's what makes us different; powerful force
Entropy means a lack of order or predictability; a gradual decline into disorder Big History means seeking the bigger picture of things by using mathematical modeling to explore interactions between long-term trends in sociological systems, Goldilocks Conditions means Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water. These things are what makes life sustainable on Earth, and is why no other planet/planetoids has people or any life form that we know of Threshold Moments means you have to make a decision that will affect the rest of your life greatly Collective working means that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one to another
Entropy describes how elements begin to deteriorate and decay. They all have half-lives and how it relates to the formation of planets. I don't understand entropy very well because its a difficult concept to understand. Big History is the timeline of the universe viewed in a broad aspect including a variety of events and formations. Big history in easy terms is like the history of the entire universe and everything inside it. , Goldilocks Conditions is the idea of something being a perfect temperature. Like earth, we are not too hot and not too cold so we can exist on our planet. Other planets are not perfect and do not support like because of it. Threshold Moments are points in time and conditions that allow matter to interact with each other in different ways. Collective Learning is the human ability to combine knowledge and history from other time periods to better understand something as a collective whole instead of only using knowledge from that generation.
In this TED talk we get an opportunity to try and grasp the complexity of the Universe. Entropy, big history, Goldilocks condition, threshold moments, and collective learning all make it easier for us to understand what has been going on in our universe for nearly 14 billion years. Entropy is a hard concept to grasp. Entropy is essential chaos resulting in creation. Entropy is how the flow of energy creates chaos. Entropy means that everything can change and will if something does not stop it. For example, the death of an organism, fusion and fission of particles, and the collapse of a star result in something new. A change has happened.
Big History is the idea of the large timeline which is the entire time lapse of the universe. To me it is a scaled down version of the universe. It allows for clarity for when viewing the universe. The big history is the history of everything ever.
Goldilocks condition refers to the fable of goldilocks. In the tall tale the conditions of the porridge have to be not too hot or too cold, but just right. This is the same thing for the formation of the universe. Everything has to come together just right for it to expand and form The goldilocks condition helps to form the complexity of the universe.
Threshold moments are big changes that allow for different formations. I view threshold moments as big milestones in the history of our universe. For example, the formation of stars, the KT impact, and the creational existence of humans are all threshold moments.
Collective learning is strictly a human characteristic. Us humans know most of the things we know today due to collective learning. Collective learning is when knowledge is built up over time through communication. Humans have the ability to communicate and record the information they have gained over their existence, which allowed for us to become the advanced species we are today.
In the context of the lecture and his explanation, he stated our universe works in entropy as it moves away from structure and towards lack of order. His example was that of an egg; its shell breaks, the yolk spills out, and we stir it up. Not the other way around because that wouldn't make sense to us. Big History is a term used to describe the evolution of Earth from the perspective of Earth's life cycle. Within Big History, there are things noted as Goldilocks Conditions which are used to describe growth when things are not too hot and not too cold. Goldilocks Conditions are perfect in that in any other circumstances growth would not be possible. In terms of universe, stars create Goldilocks Conditions at the most opportune time to develop the elements on the Periodic Table. Along with Goldilocks Conditions, there are Threshold Conditions which are circumstances where the complex things in the universe get more fragile, more vulnerable, and more difficult to meet Goldilocks Conditions. He introduces the idea that is specific to the human species, Collective Learning. In his explanation, he states that in every other species an individual learns throughout its life yet has no way of communicating it to the rest of the population. He then explains that humans posses the power to learn individually and commune with others so that the information is collective throughout the population.
Entropy: general tendency of universe is to move from order and structure to no order and lack of structure to mush, kind of like a scrambled egg. Big History: A timeline of events from the universes perspective. It is scaled to such a large scale that it seems timely. Goldilocks Conditions: more complex things appear when something isn't too hot or too cold, its the perfect temperature and it is just right for that specific complex structure. And then from that complex thing, you can get another slightly more complex thing if everything is just right, not too cold and not too hot. This gets built slowly, stage by stage. Threshold moments: A moment between phases where it gets tougher and tougher. Each stag gets more fragile and more vulnerable than the last, becomes more difficult to create these complex situations and things. Collective Learning: When humans learn things on an individual basis, they collect the information and then share it so when a person dies, the information is still out there being collected and expanded on. Every other species when they grow individually, they collect information but when they die, the information dies with them. They are not able to share their information so it can't be collected on and on.
Threshold moments in the video are the moments in the universe when new things are created. Such as when the first starts were created in the universe. This is a threshold moment. Also the moment when living organisms were created on earth also counts as a threshold moment. Goldilocks conditions are necessary requirements to move to the next threshold moment. "its not too hot or too cold it's just right." The formation of stars needed helium, hydrogen, and other molecules. These necessary molecules are necessary conditions. Collective learning in terms of the video is the ability as a species to collect information and pass it on. The information for other species is lost when the being who carries it dies. In the Our species we can pass it down to where future generations still know the past thanks to our system of languages. Big history can show us our power and dangers in the upcoming future. Big history, is taking everything that has happened before us that can be used to face challenges and opportunities coming for the next generation. Entropy is the tendency for the universe to go from orderly to disorderly.
Entropy is the tendency of the universe to move from complexity into simplicity, or “mush” as the speaker calls it. This can be shown by the example of cracking an egg. The egg is a complex structure that has the possibility to create more complexity and then turns into simple mush when it is cracked. Entropy implies that it is difficult or impossible for the universe to create anything, however there are exceptions. These exceptions are called Goldilocks conditions, where everything is just right for the universe to create complexity. Earth exists in such a goldilocks zone, it is not too hot or too cold and it has a moon capable of sustaining our axial tilt. Our rare conditions have allowed life to flourish, a seemingly unique and never before seen occurrence in the universe. The creation of something unique or a vast leap forward in complexity is what is called a threshold moment. There have only been a few major threshold moments in regards to humans’ understanding of the universe. A few are the creation of the universe, the creation of stars, and the creation of the solar system. The most important threshold moment for humans was simply the birth of our species. Our species is unique among all of the other species to ever walk the Earth because we have been gifted with language. We are the only species able to record knowledge of previous generations and pass it down, so as a species have the gift of collective learning. We are able to maintain a history and pass down ideas through time, generating more and more complex systems and ideas than anything has ever been able to in the universe.
Everything that was taught in the Ted talk lesson connects with one another in some shape or form. As I took it, everything begins from a threshold moment almost, which is when a complexity changes into something a little more complex. From a threshold moment we get delicacy, but they also make up big history- reveals how much power we actually have and how our history has evolved. Driving these threshold moments is entropy, which is disorder. The Goldilocks Conditions tell what is just right for the creation of complexity, coming from the story tale's main character's want for something not too hot or not too cold, not too hard and not too soft, just right. Obviously finding something that is just right, is hard to meet the requirements for due to the precision, and are hard to meet in each threshold moment. Finally, collective learning and collective memory help humans pass information on in order to make it grow into something even more.
Entropy is the tendency of the universe to move from an orderly state to a disorderly one. To full understand this you have to look back at the whole history of the Universe or "Big History". When the universe began it was a infinitely small particle of everything that would later become what we know as the universe. This was it's most orderly state. Entropy allows the universe to become more complex with the help of goldilocks conditions. These are conditions that are perfect for the formation of new things. When goldilocks conditions are met the universe passes through what is known as a threshold moment when a change in state occurs in the universe and complexity is created. The birth of the human race was a threshold point because we are one of the most complex systems we know of in the universe. Humans have the ability to be a part of such a complex system because we can take advantage of collective learning. When one person learns something they have the ability through language to pass it on to someone else. This allows much more information to be utilized by the species as a whole and this makes our society able to become as complex as it is and still be stable.
Threshold moments he talks about the going get tougher and fragile things get more fragile. In big history he talks about things almost 13.7 billion years ago. This is when the first threshold is formed when everything blows up and a rush of elements blow farther apart. about 200 million years after the bang. This will cause the goldilocks conditions. once stars die it creates elements making the world more chemically complex. This will help forms planets moons and other particles. after the fourth threshold humans are able to be made. 1st condition is the right amount of energy. 2nd is diverse of chemical elements and 3rd is liquid. DNA is always learning about how to create different species. We appeared about 200 thousand years ago. DNA is always collective learning, and it makes organism to help learn.
Entropy can be defined as the natural tendency of our Universe to descend from complexity to less complexity, from order to disorder. Like a bedroom, it will the natural tendency is to get messier over time.
Big History is exactly what it sounds like. It is the history of everything zoomed out to the limit of human perspective. It is the comprehensive history of everything that has ever happened as far as humans are aware. It encompasses the Big Bang and all the time that has passed from then to now. It explores human existance in the context of this bigger picture.
Goldilocks Conditions are those that are "just right" or exactly as desired to accomplish a given event or occurence. For example, the Goldilocks Conditions (the ideal conditions) for formation of life are presence of liquid, ideal temperature or distance from sun, and breathable atmosphere. Goldilocks Conditions are rare but in a Universe of nearly infinite size it is probable that there are numerous locations that meet the Goldilocks Conditions, just as Earth did.
Threshold Moments are major breakthroughs in the building of complexity in the Universe, landmark events in Big History. According to the video, there have been 8 threshold moments so far: the Big Bang, the appearnace of stars, the rise of more chemical elements, the formation of planets, life on Earth, development of collective learning in Humans, the rise of agriculture and, finally, the modern revolution. All of these "threshold moments" represent the universe crossing into another phase of complexity. Breaking into a new threshold, if you will.
Collective learning is an ability that, on Earth, is unique to humans. This ability is what has allowed us to dominate our planet and become a mentally superior species despite our physical inferiority. It encompasses the ability of homo sapiens to communicate knowledge with other individuals so accurately and precisely that we learn as a community rather than as individuals. We build and build upon the knowledge of those that came before us, allowing us to rapidly progress in a way that no other animal has. Today, the epitome of collective learning is the internet, which allows any two humans on Earth to connect instantly and exchange or gain knowledge.
To me all of these words represent things needed in order to make the human species so different from other living organisms. To be where we are at today we needed big history. We needed many things to change and grow. For instance we needed the dinosaurs to be wiped out. Part of this big history involved the climate changing and the goldilocks conditions which made it possible for there to be life on Earth. These goldilocks conditions include an atmosphere in which we can breathe in, a suitable temperature, and liquid water to drink. There also had to be other threshold moments happen on our Earth and throughout our atmosphere. Crucial moments that have allowed us to take another step forward to get to where we are at today, which is human life. One of the many reasons why humans are so special is because we have collective learning. Although when someone dies all the information in their brain is gone, humans have been able to cheat the system with collective learning. We have been able to pass down information with teaching and telling others about what we have learned through word of mouth, stories, books, the Internet and so much more. This in effect has created entropy as well. Otherwise known as Earth’s decline into disorder. With so many ways to communicate and interact Earth is now a global community with much going on and much disorder.
This interesting video contained a great deal of vocabulary and references that I previously did not know, including Entropy, Big History, Goldilocks Conditions, Threshold Moments, and Collective Learning.
Entropy, as I understand it, is the concept of things going from more orderly to less orderly, or from organized to mush. Big History is a term used to describe history in its entirety, dating all the way back to 13.7 billion years ago when the universe was formed. I understand Goldilocks Conditions to be the required standards required for a successful existence, such as liquid, diverse chemical makeup, etc. Threshold Moments are moments throughout history that have been times of "breakthrough" or dramatic change that changed the course of Big History. It could be said that the introduction of the human race was a Threshold Moment. Lastly, Collective Learning is a term used to describe the concept of humans acquiring knowledge, communicating it to other humans, and consequently passing on the information and knowledge such that the human race can utilize it to flourish or - in a worst case scenario - to fail.
These terms shed light on an interesting topic of the history of the universe and what it may tell us about the future.
Entropy is the order in the Universe complexity is able to exist due to Goldilocks Conditions. Goldilocks conditions occur with the temperature is not too hot or too cold, it’s just right for the creation of complexity. When complexity things to appear there seems to be a more of a snowball effect in how one thing leads to another. This leads to stages that can create something that can be described as magical in how something new can appear almost out of no where that are known as Threshold Moments. In each threshold the going gets tougher in how eventually complexity leads to the making of our Universe. Big History is displayed in chronological order that explains how the world and Universe came to be. Big History can show us the dangers of the Universe but it can also show us our power of collective learning. I found this video engaging and eye opening in how David Christian put the making of the world into words with examples that are understandable. His perspective was intelligential and I thoroughly enjoyed hearing his explanation in why he things it's important to know Big History.
Starting his talk with egg whites separating from the yolk, he introduces the term "entropy". Relating the mixing of a eggs yolk as a disorder and that the earth went through the same thing when it was created. That it goes from order to lack of order to great complexity. He basically talks about the creation of Universe and how hard it is to create complexity within it. Each stage of complexity are Threshold moments, where in each one its more difficult to go along further. The further along it goes, things get more complicated. For example the Goldilock condition becomes even more precise. He goes on to explain that what makes us different then animals is we have Collective Learning. We learn from things and retain it and make more out of it. Talking about how since we migrated so much back then we learned so much as a species. Priscilla Dasilva
The TED talk was interesting and the use of entropy was a good way to talk about how things started out as small ordered organisms and became more chaotic as time went on. Big history is cool because it is a good way to explain the history of the universe without being too complicated. I liked the way he talked about Goldilocks conditions because it makes it very easy to grasp why earth flourished as a planet. Not too hot or not too cold but just right, just like in the fairytale. A threshold point is a good way to explain crucial moments in history that changed the course of human life. Finally, collective learning is a good way to combine ideas in order to learn more and more quickly.
David Christian's speech at the TED conference was brillant, because he was able to explain such complex ideas in the simplest of terms. Below are the definitions of each vocabulary term and its use in Christian's speech:
Entropy- Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder. The Earth was developed simply by chance and that random probability that it became inhabitable is explained.
Big History- Christian explains that the history behind the creation of the Earth. It took millions of years for our Earth to develop and become sustainable for life.
Goldilocks Conditions- We were close enough to the Sun that our planet was just hot enough to develop life, yet not so hot as to burn up all the water on our planet.
Threshold Moments- on the verge/ waiting to happen. The Earth at some point hit its threshold for human population and suddenly it exploded. We were quickly the dominant species on the Earth and the most successful in the history of Earth.
Collective Learning- The creation of brains and languages have allowed us to pass off our knowledge that we have gain over the years to the next generation. But with language we have accelerated everything that is possible.
Big history is a very interesting thing. Showing how history of earth and the universe has changed through threshold moments. These moments build up complexity and create and build a more and more complex universe. Entropy is irreversible disorder in the universe. Such as glass shattering. Threshold moments are essentially developing entropy. Goldilocks conditions are the condition that are 'not too hot' and 'not too cold'. The conditions are just right in order to create complexity. Goldilocks moments are very rare and much more hard to come by than threshold moments. Collective theory is basically the idea that humans can spread and teach information before they die off and allow it to grow.
Entropy is the natural tendency for things to move from order into disorder. It's like how a clean room gradually becomes messy over a few weeks. The universe contradicts this because with time, the universe becomes more and more orderly and complex. Big History refers to history on the largest scale - history since the Big Bang and the start of the universe. Big History covers about 13.7 billion years. "Goldilocks Conditions" is how perfect things had to be for different aspects of the universe to be created, not too 'hot' or too 'cold'. For example, the Earth is perfect for life because it is just the right distance from the sun for the oceans not to be boiled away and not too far away where they would freeze. The Threshold Moments were very significant points on the timeline of Big History. For example, the Big Bang, the formation of stars and complex elements, the creation of the Earth, the creation of humans, etc. Each Threshold Moments opens the door for another one. Collective Learning is a unique trait we humans possess that no other organisms seem to have ever had. It is the fact that we are able to communicate and pass along information to generation to generation ultimately leading to limitless opportunity for gaining knowledge among humans in the future.
To me, Ted uses the word Entropy to describe how the universe moves from order to lack of structure or mush, like an egg scrambling. Big History, is the entire history of the world, starting with the beginning of the universe and building into the complex world we live in today. Our world is like a building block. Over time it gets bigger and bigger, but it gets more difficult the more complex it becomes. Goldilocks Conditions is a term that describes how the climate conditions were not to hot and not too cold, the perfect combination to create something new of great complexity. As complex things evolve, more complex things evolve from that. Threshold Moments represent stages in history that are astonishing/when new forms of life come to Earth. Each time it gets more and more complex. To me, Collective Learning is learning about present day Earth by looking into the past for answers, because history is collective and repeats itself.
In my own words the word Entropy means that basically the world is a very miss placed thing in the universe and that even though some things look weird to us, the same thing might not look the same to someone who is on a completely different plant. In my own words, Big History means the starting of the Universe and the starting of the big bang. Goldilocks effect means basically that the conditions are just right for the creation of more complex things to form. Threshold moments are when things are on the eve of happening, and collective learning is when a species is able to learn something, and then pass it down from generation to generation.
David Christian talks about how the universe travels from complexity to mush, which is Entropy. Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, says that the universe moves from order and structure to lack of order and structure. He explained this by showing a video of eggs being scrambled backwards, saying that his video will cause uneasiness in people. However, Christian continues and explains that complexity is all around us today by surveying the big history of how the universe came to be. It the story of how the universe creates complexity; why complexity means vulnerability and fragility. Christian also explains about the Goldilocks conditions, which is just the right amount of recreational complexity. And where there is complexity, there is a bit more complexity, which builds stage by stage. In creating life, the Goldilocks Conditions are the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids, where atoms can cruise and mingle. Christian walks the audience through the 13.7 billion years of earth's history by explaining threshold moments. Threshold moments are the buildings of complexity in which during each threshold, complex things get more fragile and more vulnerable and Goldilocks conditions become more stringent, making it more difficult to create complexity. The 6 thresholds are the big bang, creation of stars, creation of new chemical elements through death of stars, creation of earth and solar systems, life on earth, and the appearances of our species. He ties this concept with Homo sapiens, for we came into being very late, making us one of the most complex creatures because of our ability of collective learning. Collective learning is the ability to accumulate what we have learned over the history through language. It is the ability to pass information to our children.
Entropy means a lack of order or predictability; a gradual decline into disorder. Big History means simply seeking the big picture of things by using mathematical modeling to explore interactions between long-term trends in sociological systems. Goldilocks Conditions means that the plant has a Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water. These things are what makes life sustainable on Earth, and is why no other planet/planetoids has people or any life form that we are able to find at this time. It also means that the planets temperature isn’t too hot or too cold but is just right for life to grow. Threshold Moments means you have to make a decision that will affect the you in a vast way that will control the outcome of the rest of your life. Collective working means that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one to another.
Entropy is the lack of order. it can also be defined as a gradual decline into disorder. The Earth was created by chance and that random probability that it became inhabitable is explained with this.Christian explains that the history behind the creation of the Earth. It took millions of years for Earth to develop and become sustainable for complex life. The Goldilocks Condition explains how our planet is positioned perfectly between too hot of a climate which would make it impossible to sustain life and too far away which would leave us with a tundra of a climate. threshold means on the verge/ waiting to happen. The Earth at some point will hit its peak for human population and suddenly it exploded. We were quickly the dominant species on the Earth and the most successful in the history of Earth. Collective Learning is The creation of brains and languages which have allowed us to pass off what we know to the next generation.
To me, Ted uses the word Entropy to describe the universe from being in order to out of structure. The creation of the universe, also known as the Big History, went through stages of Threshold Moments, each time something was suddenly created within the universe, that would be a threshold moment.In the beginning, complexity builds with the Goldilocks Conditions, which is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for the creation of complexity, and slightly more complex things are built. Collective learning is cooperation. It can even be used to describe how the universe came to be. All of these atoms collected together to create something new.
David Christian's speech at the TED conference was enlightening , because he was able to explain such complex ideas in the simplest of terms. Below are the definitions of each vocabulary term and its use in Christian's speech:
Entropy- is the notions of order and disorder, the universe from being in order to out of structure.
Big History really deals with deep time. Instead of the time that human history involves, or even life it deals with billions and billions of years of history. Involves broadening perspective over rather incomprehensible time periods for man.
Goldilocks Conditions- We were close enough to the Sun that our planet was just hot enough to develop life, yet not so hot as to burn up all the water on our planet.
Threshold Moments are moments throughout history that have been times of "breakthrough" or dramatic change that changed the course of Big History.
Collective Learning- The creation of brains and languages have allowed us to pass off our knowledge that we have gain over the years to the next generation. But with language we have accelerated everything that is possible.
Entropy- the world moves from order to lack of order. from complexity to mush.Entropy is the tendency for the world to fall into disorder. Goldilocks Conditions- the "just right" setting for things to appear... the creation of complexity. Complexity builds in each Goldilocks Condition. Threshold Moments- going gets tuffer... the thinning of a blood stream... each level becomes more fragile and harder to reach becomes less complex Big history- telling the history of the universe. The beginning of time till now.Big history explains the universes history in steps and sections. Collective learning- The passing down of learned knowledge through writing and language. The information does not die with a single person.Knowldge is able to build through the generations.
Ted uses the word "entropy" as the basic way the universe operated through disorder. He describes it as something that started out with a basic structure, and slowly gets less and less structured over time. He uses the term "big history" to describe the overall history of the universe from it's creation. This term focuses on the broad scale of things vs. the minute details of the history of the universe. The goldilocks effect is something that he refers to when the conditions are just right for something. If something was too "this" or too "that", it wouldn't allow for something to happen. But the goldilocks effect explains the significance of the conditions being perfect. Threshold events are something the video describes as something that is significant to the big history. These threshold events include the Big Bang, creation of the atom, etc; all of which made a significant impact on the universe and on the history of life. Lastly, collective learning is something that Ted talks about as what sets humans apart. It means that we as a species can learn off of information that we did not discover ourselves, but was passed on from another human being. This is what has made us so advanced in our intelligence compared to other species.
Entropy is used to describe unavailability and chaos, as in lack of order in the universe. This was shown as an example in the video by the scrambling of eggs which was recorded and played backwards, just to mess with our minds and to know that it will be unpleasant for people to watch because order in which we are accustomed to is being disturbed. Big History is the study of history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present which seems like an extremely long time for us (about 13.7 billion years) thus making it a very extensive, wide-scoping field of study. The "Goldilocks Conditions" refer to a set of conditions which makes life sustainable on Earth; these conditions include a breathable atmosphere, temperature rate, and liquid water. Threshold moments are the moments where simple things begin to become more and more complex and continually increase in complexity until something large and new is created as a result. The formation of stars is one example of threshold moments. Collective Learning is the view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one person to another (verbal speech/hand gestures and mathematical/scientific equations, art, music, etc.).
Entropy is a lack of order or predictability. It is not explained how the Earth became in habitable but he does mention it was by chance. Christian explains Big History as the history behind the creation of the Earth. This time stretched over millions of years because it took that long for the Earth to become inhabitable. Goldilocks Conditions was when the Earth was not too close and not too far from the sun. It was close enough so that life could develop but not close enough for the sun to burn some of the essential things that organisms need to live on Earth. Threshold Moments are moments that are on the verge of happening. Evolution was a threshold moment leading up to the evolvement of humans and once that happened, humans quickly became the dominant species.Collective Learning is the creation of language and writing and other things that helped us gain knowledge about times in history. Because humans have such complex brains, we have been a major part of collective learning in creating languages and recording history.
Entropy is the quality that everything leads to chaos, like the Chaos Theory, where everything is going to lead to chaos unless you change it. For example your bedroom will become messy or chaotic unless you continually clean it. Big History is the term used to define the whole existence of our universe, which is a very long time. From the beginning of the big bang all the way to the present. Which is 13.7 billion years, which is ironic because we measure years by the time we take to revolve around the sun, and when the big bang happened there was no sun. Goldilocks Conditions are the set of conditions that are “just right”. Not too hot, and not too far for the creation of complexity. Threshold Moments moments when complexity becomes more difficult. Like in a game, every new level is like a threshold moment. Collective Learning is the idea that, because we couldn’t read or write before. Humans would transfer ideas and learning, knowledge and experience.
In the context of the lecture, the following words mean...
Entropy: a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work
Big History: an emerging and rapidly growing academic discipline which examines history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present
Goldilocks Conditions: they are a set of conditions which makes life sustainable on Earth. These conditions include a breathable atmosphere, temperature rate, and liquid water
Threshold Moments: a moment of scientifically discovery, where scientists are on the verge of discovering something new
Collective Learning: the view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one person to another
Entropy is when things in our world go from having an ordered process, to no structure at all. Entropy is a thermodynamic that explains the basic order to order chaos movement of the universe. It's the loss of control in chaos. Big History is a term used to describe history in a whole, dating all the way back to 13.7 billion years ago when the universe was formed. This is pretty much the start of the explosion and everything expanding. The Goldilocks Conditions are what make life sustainable on Earth. These things are the temperature rate, and liquid water. Threshold Moments is basically defining moments in time that help made our earth, solar system, and universe the way it is now. An example is when Humans begin to live life on earth and survival. Collective Learning is when all the little pictures make the big picture. All the little life lessons you learn add up together and that's what collective learning is.
Entropy is the lack of order and the lack of certainty that exists in the laws of the universe. we are accustomed to experiences this disorder in action like the video of the egg cooking, so when it is opposite (chaos to order) we perceive it as odd and unnatural. Big History encompasses all events from the moment of creation 13.8 billion years ago, to today. Time only exists within the human brain so it is nearly impossible to process the true age of the universe Goldilocks Conditions refer to the climate for life to exist. The earth is the right distance from the sun to be not too hot and not too cold, water, and atmospheric protection Threshold Moments are the beginning of a drastic change that have long effects; both positive or negative. in our lives an example would be having a kid Collective Learning is the unique form of learning that humans are uniquely capable of through communication and language. It allows knowledge to be passed down instead of having to be re-discovered.
The TED talk was interesting and the use of entropy was a good way to talk about how things started out as small ordered organisms and became more chaotic as time went on. Big history is cool because it is a good way to explain the history of the universe without being too complicated. I liked the way he talked about Goldilocks conditions because it makes it very easy to grasp why earth flourished as a planet. Not too hot or not too cold but just right, just like in the fairytale. A threshold point is a good way to explain crucial moments in history that changed the course of human life. Finally, collective learning is a good way to combine ideas in order to learn more and more quickly.
Entropy:
ReplyDeleteThe universe and us as part of the universe have it in our minds that things go in the order from organized, perfect, singular (uncracked egg) to messed up and unorganized (scrambled egg). We see it as a tree growing, stars from a single seed, and gets bigger and more complex from that. Things can’t go backwards and get smaller or simpler.
Big History:
Big history explains how the universe was created in simple steps and relate it directly to complexity, and also it shows us how humans are the most complex and also the most fragile, but how we have the most power we have. This is a way of teaching things and also to be able to coin certain terms and have another way of explanation.
Goldilocks Conditions:
Just like the Goldilocks story - not too hot, yet not too cold .Not too this or that. Exactly the right amount of perfect for the specific situation you are in. Related to the creation of the universe, it is also known as the Habitable zone.
Threshold Moments:
A Threshold Moment is the point at which something builds or splits to become more complex, improved, and better but also more fragile. There have been millions of threshold moments for us to be at the point at which we are at now.
Collective Learning:
The earth’s inhabitants are all morphed into one brain and learn together and humans are the first to have it and keep it. Collective learning to me is how we can all share information and teach it to each other and pass it on the further generations.
Goldilocks is what is "just right" for the creation of complexity. This comes from Goldilocks's preference for something that is in the middle of hot and cold, the middle of soft and hard. This title was created by Fred Spear.
ReplyDeleteA threshold moment is a moment when a complexity moves to something slightly more complex, and with that comes delicacy. The goldilocks conditions are harder to meet and are much more precise in each threshold moment. Threshold moments make up big history. Big history reveals how powerful we actually are and how our history has changed. Entropy drives these threshold moments. Collective memory and collective memory are what makes humans humans. Before a human dies, they can share information they've learned and allow that information to grow.
Entropy is when there is a lack of predictability and everything gets out of order. The Big History is the huge and long history of the world, and contains how we came to be, what happened in the past, everything that encompasses our world. The Goldilocks Condition is when everything is just right. This is how our solar system was formed, because everything was just right to make the universe. Threshold moments are when things get harder with each threshold and more fragile, and it's harder to get more complex. Collective Learning is how humans are creative and powerful, because we can accumulate and share knowledge and evolve in our knowledge.
ReplyDeleteEntropy: Entropy is the law of thermodynamics, showing how heat is transferred in our universe through force.
ReplyDeleteBig History: Big History to me means the study of big things of our universe. It's creation, it's life cycle, it's timelines. Everything that led to our universe today.
Goldilocks Conditions: When the outcome is "not too hot" or "not too cold." If an event meets the Goldilocks Conditions, it will be able to cross the "Threshold."
Threshold Moments: Threshold moments are moments of the universes creation that were great milestones, where the universe crossed a "threshold." such as Elements being created by stars, bacteria being created, or even the Big Bang.
Collective Learning: Via written and spoken language, humans can evolve both physically AND mentally. They explain what they've learned to their offspring, which allows them to progress as a species. Humans are the only species in the last 4 Billion Years to achieve this gift, and is the explanation of how we have progressed to where we are.
Entropy – Helps us account for the flow of energy through a thermodynamic process.
ReplyDeleteBig History – Is the whole history of the universe, starting with the Big Bang to life as we know now. Will be a vital tool later in life.
Goldilocks Conditions – The universe can create complexity, in these pockets it’s not too hot or too cold but just right to create complexity and slightly more complex thing appears which build complexity. Conditions for life are the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements and liquids.
Threshold Moments – Moments in time in which important events that made complexity occur.
Collective Learning – We have languages in which we can share information in our collective memory to each other, from generation to generation.
Entropy is the measure of the randomness in a closed system. Big History is a scientific way to examine the history of the Big Bang. Goldilocks Conditions is what makes life sustainable on Earth and why there is no life on any other planets in our solar system. Threshhold Moments were the biggest step like when the asteroids killed all the dinosaurs. Collective learning is learning from generations passed down, remembering the past.
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Entropy is the natural tendency of the universe to fall apart into disorder.
ReplyDeleteBig History is examining history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present.
Goldilocks Condition is the condition in which something must be just right to be created.
Threshold moments are huge steps that our universe has taken in the past 13.7 billion years such as life on earth and humans.
Collective learning is the view that we are able to give each other knowledge easily and that it will be able to be passed onto the next generations.
Goldilocks conditions- are not too cold or not too hot, but just right conditions that allow complex organisms to thrive. for this you need the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids.
ReplyDeleteEntropy- is the natural tendencies of the universe to become disorderly.
Big History- is the History that has happened and the important history that we will need to survive in later generations to come. that start with the big bang all the way up to present day.
Threshold Moments- are big steps in history that shape our future, like the astroid that killed all the dinosaurs because that allowed apes witvh later became homo sapiens.
Collective Learning- is the ability to store in our momories what past generations have learned and we keep on learning new things, and passing them to the next generation. this is what makes humans the most successful speises on earth.
Goldilocks Conditions: When the conditions that allow for the creation of complexity are perfect and just right. This allows the Earth to cross a threshold.
ReplyDeleteThreshold Moments: Moments in time when the universe gets more complex and passes through a "threshold." The Goldilocks conditions get more strict and the Earth gets more complex. Such complexity is created as things like the big bang, new stars, new chemicals, life on Earth, the solar system, and agriculture are introduced to the universe.
Big History: The study of the universe from the "big" time span ranging from the big bang to the present. It combines all aspects of science including the studies of the cosmos, life, and Earth. It is an emerging field of study in Science and is interesting as it deals with such long time frames.
Entropy: A quantity that deals with the flow of thermodynamic (heat) energy throughout the universe. This energy is transferred by force and is a crucial quantity when dealing with significant events like the Big Bang.
Collective Learning: The idea that humans can evolve both mentally and physically through the use of written and spoken language. Knowledge is passed through generations in this way which explains our progress as a species as we are the only one in the past 4 billion years that has had this gift. In more simplified terms, our ability to work and communicate collectively has helped us to learn things and solve problems dealing with the world around us.
This man starts off by talking about entropy which is the general tendency of the universe is to move from order/structure to no-order/mush. Similar to the video of the whole egg (order) being broken into yoke (mush), we are so used to seeing order and structure being broken down into complexity and mush, not mush being turned into something complex and orderly. This is why when we saw the video backwards, the yoke of the egg being put back into the cracked eggshell, seems so strange to us. He moves onto Goldilocks conditions which are the things that make life sustainable on Earth (Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Water). These things are not too hot, and not too cold, not too big, not too small. Goldilocks conditions can be found in our planet. Earth is the perfect distance from the sun to be able to contain water and receive sunlight. Earth’s temperature is stable and the atmosphere is habitable. It is not too hot, nor too cold. We are not too close to the sun, but we are also not too far. These goldilocks conditions are building complexity stage by stage. Threshold moments are defined as complex things that get more fragile and vulnerable and they become more difficult to create complexity. These threshold moments are responsible for joining two worlds that meet, or even overlap. For example, humans are a part of the threshold, as we can join two worlds such as separate generations or centuries. The majority of this video is big history which examines history on a large scale across long time frames. In the lecture, the man used big history when discussing the Universe and it’s beginning, and its growing complexity. Finally collective learning is how humans learn through different experiences. From the beginning, humans migrating to new environments and in each migration we had to learn ways to adapt to and deal with our surroundings. We are still learning every day.
ReplyDeleteEntropy- everything in the world goes through a process of order to chaos. We all expect everything in the world that is in order to loose its shape and become chaotic. For example the video of the egg was confusing to us because it started out as chaos and all broken up and mixed together then was separated and put back together to a single form and had order to it.
ReplyDeleteBig History- when the whole history of the world is being studied. It examines different time frames in history that can explain how the world is today. For example, things like the big bang is a point in big history that explains ho the universe was created. Also the extinction of dinosaurs was another big point in big history that was the start of our generation. It is the time frame from day one to now and how things are interconnected and how thing play off one another.
Goldilocks Conditions- conditions are just right in order for the creation of complexity. It is not to hot nor too cold and it creates chance for more complexity to form. It takes great difficulty to create complexity and this theory helps it. Complexity can build off each other and can help create more complexity. Examples are earth because it is just far enough away from the sun in order to stay warm but not too warm to where it burns up but not too far to where it freezes.
Threshold moments- the moments in big history that is between the stages of complexity. In each threshold each condition gets tougher and it is harder to create complexity and it creates more vulnerability and fragility. To look back at the creation of our universe the moments can be seen because things started our simple but continued to cross these thresholds to become more complex.
Collective Learning- Things humans have learned can be passed down from person to person. Each generation learns something during their lifetime and because of language we are allowed to pass down new learning’s and teach them to future generations. Also, humans link up globally through shipping and trade.
Entropy is the sequence of events and the way things evolve. Big history is the complexity of our universe and how the universe started with nothing and continued to grow through stages to the present day. The goldilocks conditions to me mean that those are the conditions needed to allow our human nature and actions to flourish. The threshold moments are the climax/turning points in our history from one sort of generation to the next. Also, collective learning to me means the usage of previous actions added onto the current generations actions to rise up and progress forward.
ReplyDeleteEntropy- represents the slimness of the chances of everything that has happened from the beginning of the universe, and how uncertain we must be in order to live here, without knowing exactly how random the conditions are. If the universe turned out differently, maybe did something a fraction of a second too late or too early, the entire history of the universe could have turned out differently.
ReplyDeleteBig history- To me, big history represents the history of history, and trying to understand what created everything that we know. We study the "big history" despite the fact that we have little to no sources of what happened. We try to understand literally everything, and we mold it with our own ideas to create a more reasonable and processable theory.
Goldilocks conditions- Goldilocks conditions, I believe, go hand in hand with entropy. They represent the conditions that the universe would have to be in for certain events to transpire, for example, life. If the universe did not put Earth in the exact spot it is in, and the sun where it is, the slim chances of the atmosphere being containable, and a thousand other conditions, we would have never existed. The Goldilocks conditions are what some would call miraculous, but to science, it is just a lucky coincidence.
Threshold moments- The moments that decide whether the universe turns out one way or another. For example, if the meteor did not strike the Earth millions of years ago in the exact spot to hit the Earth (which the chances are very slim that it would hit Earth), humans may not have prospered and become dominant. But it did hit, and that is why we are here today to talk about it. That is a great example and cause of entropy, and results from "Goldilocks Conditions". It is actually amazing to think that we could have won the lottery, out of everyone in the world, but the chance that we were created, at all the slim chances that it would fit together, is incredibly small, almost infinitely, because there is an infinite amount of things that could have destroyed our chances at life, or any life.
Collective learning- It somewhat explains how humans are able to become intelligent and dominant. We are able to absorb information, and actually pass the power of information down through genes. With no small help from evolution, we are able to slowly become more powerful.. I do not completely understand collective learning, in that why we are the only species that has evolved so much. Of course, we can't pass down specific knowledge, like what 2+2 equals, but the capacity for knowledge increases slowly, as our species progresses.
To me the word Entropy holds very little weight. I know it's a mathematical equation of some sort. I know that it was used to help with discoveries into the universe but other than that i know very little of it. I looked it up after watching the video and i'm still as confused about it if not even more confused as to what it really does or means.
ReplyDeleteBig History to me means what happend from the curation of the universe to now. It is the "big" picture of how the universe came to be.
Collective learning seems to be coming together as a species and learning from what you are given. For example collective learning took place during the creation of farming. People learned to survive and flourish off of what they had.
Goldilocks Conditions is the "Just right" circumstance. Earth falls into what a Goldilocks Condition is because it is in the perfect place from where are sun is. It's not to far and it's not to close to the sun.
Threshold Moments to me mean the monuments steps in history. They are the turning points in history, if you will. One could look back and say this is when it started, or this is a threshold moment.
I found the lecture rather interesting and it gave some insight to the holes that I had always saw in the thoery of evolution. It brings up several points and uses them to explain how evolution works. Entropy Big History is a thermodynamic that explains the general order-to-chaos movement of the universe, and vise versa, which eventually leads to complexity.Goldilocks Conditions allow things to become more complex if they exist in the perfect conditions, these can include liquids, the right amount of energy and diverse chemestry. Threshold Moments are the points in history where things become more and more complex, and as they progress it takes harshes Goldilock Conditions and Threshold Moments. The reason humans evolved through the complexity of the world is because of Collective Learning, a process where DNA learned through generations and thus humans are able to learn and evolve.
ReplyDeleteThis video was incredibly insightful. It was truly inspiring to see this man talk to us about the history of the earth and the impact we have had on this earth. The cool thing about the whole idea was Big History. It allowed us to see the whole entire history of the universe on a timeline that was easy to understand. The idea of Big History though, reveals to me and most likely most humans how big of an impact we have had on this earth in such a relatively small time we have been here. The Goldilocks condition planets have, and specifically earth has is very interesting. The fact that everything must essentially perfect in order to create life and planets blows my mind. It shows me how rare life probably is in the rest of the universe, and kinda how lucky we are to be living on earth. The idea of Entropy also is very cool. The whole idea that everything is sustained, but moves towards chaos is very different. Most people would think that the laws of science we are accustomed to are the exact opposite of entropy. However, it is the laws and ideas behind entropy that allowed for creation of the universe, solar sytem, the earth, and ultimately humans. The Threshold moment described in the video was interesting as well. I really though it was cool thataccording to him, humans had their own designated threshold moment. We have our own moment because of the immense imnpact we have had on this earth and oour ability to think at a much higher level and our sustained dominance over the planet's other species. The fact that Collective Learning is imperative to our survival and long lasting dominace, but also detrimental to the planet is a scary thought.Our ability to Collectively learn has allowed humans to thrive in the world of simple minded creatures, however it is also the most possible answer to our eventual downfall. To me, it is essentially the way the earth institutes Checks and Balances with humans.If we push the limits of the earth too far, we may find ourselves wihtout a planet suitable to our living capacity anymore.
ReplyDeleteTo me, entropy means the automatic progression towards chaos and away from order. Everything has some sort of expiration date, whether it be the half life decay of an element, the death of an organism or the fusion and fission that create new materials. Entropy means that everything not only can change, but will, if there isnt something to stop it from doing so. Entropy also defines what can possibly take up physical space, meeting the thresholds of the time.
ReplyDeleteBig History is a humbling and minimizing concept that reminds us humans how brief our stay on this planet is and has been, and reminds us to make the most of it. While that sounds cliche, Big History shows us that everything around us has been here for a truly unfathomable amount of time, a time scale of numbers that does not mean anything logical to us other than we are merely a blip in the history of space time and our own planet.
Goldilocks conditions are when the properties and laws are set up in such a way that allows for the upward progression of matter, life, etc. Our universe's physical laws are so perfect that allow molecules to form, bond and create complex materials. Had gravity been to strong or the strong nuclear force to weak, atoms would have never formed after the big bang. Another example of goldilocks conditions can be seen in the distance Earth is from the sun. We could have been to close or too far, our planet to big or small to allow for the gravity, temperature and pressure that allowed organisms to form.
Threshold moments are when, through big history, a change occured so major that it affected the way matter and atoms interacted with itself. It allowed for molecules, amino acids and life to form, everytime a threshold was crossed into a new era of Big History.
Collective Learning is what makes us human. We all had our own drop into the bucket of the human experience, the human story. Other organisms have no knowledge or regard for other organisms of its same species in seperated populations, but humans are a global species with truly global connections that allow us to build off of eachother and become greater and greater with each generation.
Entropy is the general tendency of nature to go from order to disorder. Instead of objects of the world developing complexity over time, it begins in perfect unison and over time wears down and loses its structure.
ReplyDeleteBig History really deals with deep time. Instead of the time that human history involves, or even life it deals with billions and billions of years of history. Involves broadening perspective over rather incomprehensible time periods for man.
Goldilocks conditions basically mean that everything happened to be just right for complex life to establish itself on Earth. If any conditions of the universe were different like the laws of gravity or the strong nuclear force or the sun being slightly bigger life as we know it couldn't exist.
Threshold moments are moments in the long history of the universe that provide the ability for complexity to build, while at the same time already existing complexity becomes fragile. An important threshold moment was the big bang.
Collective learning is the human ability to communicate, allowing further knowledge to grow and accumulate. It allows us to be more skilled and complex.
Entropy, to me means everything happening the way it’s NOT supposed to happen, like a disorderly system.
ReplyDeleteBig History, where ALL big history is discovered and studied. It studies history on a larger scale across a long frame of time.
Goldilocks Conditions, not to hot, not too cold, just right. To me it means it’s basically a perfect condition, the most perfect and right condition you could be in.
Threshold Moments, to me means looking to God in every circumstance. Believing so highly in God that you start to believe each thing you do and each thing that happens has somewhat connection with God.
Collective Learning, means real world learning. Getting to experience things for yourself, so that’s how you know its real.
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ReplyDeleteThe Goldilocks theory is very amazing in my opinion. This fact that there is this certain specific detail that will allow life and evolution to take place makes it seem like it would be near to impossible for it to happen. What amazes me more is that it did happen and here we are, millions of years later of course. It is incredible to me that at some point somewhere there was this perfect mixture of things as in perfect heat and distant from the stars that allowed life to spring up.
Entropy is this idea that things that are in order are suppose to go back to disorder and complexity. I am very glad that our universe doesn't lean this way or else I would just be a bunch of bouncing atoms and I would be unhappy. In a way the world does go back to complexity. Looking at the world from a micro perspective humans create these connections between one another that are extremely complex. Humans are complex things that form together to create order and then they go off and create more complexity.
Threshold moments are moments at which a new substance is created causing more complexity and vulnerability. Threshold moments can also happen in our societies. When a new law is formed it causes things to become for complex for all people affected.
Big History connects the Big Bang theory and the occurrences that took place there to present day life. This is what the speaker on the Ted talk used to transfer the information to the audience. It brings a click moment of better understanding because it makes the information more relate-able or familiar.'
Collective learning is cooperation. This can even be used to describe how the universe came to be. All of these atoms collected together to create something new.
Entropy: Law of Thermodynamics, that with law and structure comes a lack of law and lack of structure and in to mush. Just like the beginning of the video started with the scrambled eggs and reversed back to its original state of a single egg.
ReplyDeleteBig History: The whole history of the life of our universe from when it first started 13.7 billion years ago until today.
Goldilocks Conditions: The conditions for life to start containing the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids.
Threshold Moments: Defining moments in time that help made our earth, solar system, and universe the way it is now. An example is when Humans begin to live life on earth.
Collective Learning: The difference between us humans and other mammals is that we learn from our mistakes and grow from them to become better more intelligent human beings.
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ReplyDeleteBig History- In the video I felt that the main concept was all about this big history. This was the base for the entire story. It was a drawn out and well developed map of everything going back to when the universe was first created. Explained everything as far back to how energy was created and how the forces were developed over time, to the present day and how we see complexity in our modern world.
Goldilocks Conditions- This is explaining in depth about all the little things that were occurring on earth. Talking about energy and how we have the exact amount that we need to survive. The elements that are located on the periodic table all fall into place in a certain degree and they give us the thing that we need. These things are the things that link species to energy and different elements in our earth.
Threshold Moments- These moments I feel are the most important parts of the Big History. They show the turning points and the key moments in our universe. The main thing that I think these threshold moments showed was change in the universe and how change affects everything else around it.
Collective- DNA and how it relates to everything that is made up on earth. The information that it presents about all the things we know about how people are different comes from DNA. When it showed all of the DNA strands and just the one was red, it was saying how just that one can show you something different and that is what makes our universe diverse and complex.
Entropy- This is showing how energy has to be exactly on point to make everything in the universe flow together. It says how this is a deciding factor and keeps everything together. The wrong amount of energy will cause a massive outbreak and would allow complete chaos.
Big history- in the video was every moment that the world has been here since the Big Bang(13.7 billion years ago).
ReplyDeleteThreshold Moments- Are all the moments in our worlds history that have contributed for humans being here living.
Entropy- Is the second law of thermodynamics. It is that the universe is to move from order and structure to lack of order and lack of structure to mush.
Goldilocks Conditions- are all the conditions that make us able to live on earth. The earth has the right amount of energy for us to live on it. The second condition is that we have diverse chemical elements. Liquids are another one because they can fuse together at the right pace unlike gasses and solids.
Collective Learning- Is being able to learn things collectively. The things that really help humans have collective learning is the human language. The things that a human learn is that it gets passed down generation to generation and that is why humans are so creative and so powerful. We are the only humans that have this gift. It is very powerful.
The lecture given by this man named Ted was very interesting and it gave some insight into the history of the world and how it came to be. Ted brings up many great points and uses them to explain how evolution works. Entropy Big History, or thermodynamics, explains the general movement of the universe is to move from order-to-chaos and vise versa, which leads to complexity.Goldilocks Conditions allow things to become more complex and how they exist in the perfect conditions(not too cold and not too hot). These can include liquids, the right amount of energy and diverse chemistry. Threshold Moments are every complex things that happen throughout the universe time line. For example Ted says that the fourth threshold is the planets being created. The reason humans evolved through the complexity of the world is because of Collective Learning. We are the only species that have this ability. It is a process where our DNA has allowed us to learn through out generations and thus humans are able to learn and evolve.
ReplyDeleteEntropy essentially means to me the measurement of randomness or lack of consistency.
ReplyDeleteBig History to me is his outlook on complexity and life itself.
Goldilocks Condition is a condition that has to be just right and perfect for the creation of complexity occur.
Threshold Moments are very important and necessary events that have happened in the creation of our Solar System.
Collective Learning is the power that humans have due to communication.
Entrophy- This is how everything in the world fits together. At the beginning it was organized and now everything is scattered and spread out.
ReplyDeleteBig history- This is going back to the beginning of the earth and basically just hearing the explanation of how everything got started and where everything is now.
Goldilocks condition- Are the things necessary for there to be life on a planet. These things include Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water.
Threshold Moments- This moment is when you gain understanding of a deep subject and you finally realize what its all about.
Collective learning- This can only be done by humans. Over time the human race has gotten smarter and smarter its because we can learn from our past and keep improving ourselves. Thats why humans keep getting greater and greater.
Entropy was what some could say the overall theme of the whole lecture. The whole time he kept mentioning about complexity and how the Earth over time has had difficulty to create many complex things. Entropy is this idea of complexity, but it shows that the universe is very detailed and complex but its natural inclination is to move away from that until it is not as complex as it used to be.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the lecture, the speaker went through several of his points showing the Earth and the universe as they both progressed through time. At the beginning of time, there was nothing but black and darkness, yet then there was a huge explosion and the universe began to form. As time went by, the stars and then the planets formed, then life was later formed, and finally we humans came along. This is called Big History which is the long and complex progression of how the universe came to be as it is today.
The Goldilocks Conditions describe how all this was able to form in such a precise manner. These conditions made it all possible to come into the universe. One condition is to have the right amount of energy so that the atoms do not pull apart because of being too big or don’t not combine because of being too small. In order for the atoms to combine, diverse chemicals elements must be involved so that they can form the next type of complexity. Finally they must involve liquids somehow since atoms can combine to form molecules easily in liquids, unlike in solids since they are so compressed or in gases since they move so fast past each other they can’t collide slowly enough to form molecules.
Threshold Moments are what makes up the history of the universe, showing each major step of time and how each time it got more difficult to create complex things. From threshold to threshold, the speaker explained how these threshold moments made the universe to what it is today. From Earth and the rest of the Solar System being created, to life appearing on Earth, to the beginning of our species are all threshold moments of our universe.
Finally Collective Learning is one of the reasons why humans are different than the rest of the species on Earth. When humans die, they leave an impact on the next generation, leaving them information and resources. This leads future generations to develop even more and gain more intelligence. However other species on our planet do not leave any impact or legacy on their future generations which lead them not to further develop their species.
Entropy is the unharvested energy from a closed system. In the beginning of the universe this energy in the closed loop was what would have started the big bang. Big history is the measure of history from the time of the big bang. Goldilocks conditions were the perfect conditions necessary for the big bang to happen and for the universe to be created. The threshold moments were the moments right before the big bang. Collective learning is how we have all learned about the universe over time.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is a term used to describe how the universe works. The universe moves from regularity and formality to irregularity and chaos. Goldie locks conditions are the fine line and perfect conditions that our planet and solar system must follow and match to sustain life. Three of these conditions include the right amount of energy, diversity of elements, and the presence of liquids. Threshold moments are the major stepping stones on our universe’s history to get to where we are today. A few major threshold moments include the initial expansion that created our universe, the creation of Hydrogen and Helium, protons fusing and energy being released to create stars, stars dying to make more elements, and the creation of living things. Big History is the big picture of our universes history or looking at time on a bigger scale then it is typically referred to. Collective learning is the concept that through human communication we are the only species that can pass on knowledge, and learn as a whole over time. We are also the only species that can store information outside of ourselves (through written words and technology), and communicate across the world.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing talked about in the lecture was entropy. This is basically the flow of energy through our universe. This is a fascinating idea that was covered very briefly in the lecture and I would like to learn more about it.
ReplyDeleteThreshold moments are the breakthrough and discovery of new ideas and things. In the lecture this idea is described as increasingly difficult as each threshold is presented. I think the name for these moments is really capturing, because crossing a threshold is a metaphor of going into a different place that could be foreign and adventurous. Any new discovery or understanding can be described by this idea.
Big history is basically just the entire history of the beginning of our universe until now. It was very interesting how in the lecture the man mentioned that he hopes his grandson, Daniel, can learn big history and use it to the advantage of his generation. I agree with this because it is important to understand our world’s history, and to know the opportunities and knowledge it can present.
The goldilocks conditions are a set of conditions that make it possible for a planet to support life. These conditions include food, water, and breathable air. Without these things life cannot be sustained. This is what makes Earth so special; it is the only planet we know of that fully has all of these conditions. Other planets have some of these like water, but not all the condition needed to fully support life.
Collective learning can be described as gathering knowledge, information, and past experiences to understand things. This is an important tool that can be used to the advantage of any person or scientist using this type of learning. I think this is an intriguing type of learning that can only have positive effects.
The easiest way to describe entropy is to say that it describes the natural tendency of the universe to fall apart into disorder. Big History to me is seen as every moment from when the Universe grew from the size of an atom to the size of a galaxy in a fraction of a second. From what I gathered from the video, the Goldilocks conditions are a set of conditions made up by scientists to show what kind of requirements a planet must have. Also, each threshold makes a permanent mark in history when something truly new appeared and forms never before seen began to arise. As for collective learning, my best way to describe it would be the cooperation of different knowledge coming together to discover more about our universe.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the movement from order to disorder. It is the loss of control into chaos.
ReplyDeleteBig History is the study of the history of the Earth from the Big Bang Theory to today.
Goldilocks Conditions is the condition that is perfect for the creation of complexity. This kind of condition is rare and made with great difficulty. The complexity created creates something more complex and on and on.
Threshold Moments is when the complex things become more vulnerable, making complexity more difficult to create.
Collective Learning is the idea that humans have the unique ability, language, to share knowledge with one another.
The creation of the universe, also known as the Big History, went through stages of Threshold Moments, each time something was suddenly created within the universe, that would be a threshold moment. In the beginning, complexity builds with the Goldilocks Conditions, which is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for the creation of complexity, and slightly more complex things are built. During each threshold, gravity and temperature rise which then creates the next threshold. Collective Learning is the view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge.
ReplyDeleteThe universe can create complexity but with great difficulty. This can only happen with complexity creating complexity. One of these threshold moment are things like the start of the universe. 10million degrees is a threshold moment because starts are formed and this in turn causes the goldilocks effect in which all elements on the periodic table are formed. The supernovas allowed for a more chemically complex universe. The creation of planets is another threshold moment. In the goldilocks condition you need energy, chemicals, and liquids in order to make living things. Also if you stabilize the base you can copy it and pass it on, this is DNA, and when it spreads is changes ever so slightly. The asteroid allowed humans to grow since the dinosaurs. One of DNA’s adaptations is for organisms to have brains and learn but once the die the information dies with them. Another threshold moment is that through human evolution we learned speech which allows our knowledge and experiences to far out last our short time on earth. And that’s why we have a gift of creativity and adaptation. This is now collective learning and once we learned to farm, cities were created. Then cities began to trade and grow internationally, and now we constantly trade knowledge and information. This is why we are so knowledgeable and creative now more so than we were even 50 years ago. 7 billion people are learning at warp speed.
ReplyDeleteThe universe has a very unique story in which it goes through different big stages. In each of these stages, the universe went through a major event that changed things dramatically. Things are created at the start with the "goldilocks conditions" in which the temperature is ideal, not too hot and not too cold. With these conditions, complexity starts to build and life begins to form.
ReplyDeleteAs time goes on, the universe goes through more stages and achieves more milestones that allow us to survive here such as gravity and increases of temperature. Through collective learning, the human species gathers a big amount of information and the information spreads, which is what makes the earth, our universe, and humanity marvelous.
Entropy is that the general tendency of the universe is to go from order and structure lack of order and lack of structure, mush. Goldilocks Conditions are not too hot and not too cold just right for the creation of complexity. For this you’ll need the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids. There then more complex things appear one after another. Each threshold moment, the complex things get more vulnerable and the goldilocks conditions become more precise and it becomes more difficult to create complexity. Collective Learning is a way of thinking about how humans retain a unique capacity to accumulate and share knowledge and then continue teaching this to the next generations. I think that this video is very interesting; the speaker intrigues me with the analogies that he gives and through an outlook on how complexity creates more complexity in which becomes how we live and generate new things. He really made me think about an entirely new concept that I had never heard of and that I would like to learn more about.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that David Christian ask is how can the universe be created when the Law of Entropy would go against this. The Law of Entropy says, as described by David Christian, is that the general tendency of the universe is to from order and structure to lack of order, lack of structure, in fact to mush. So when the goldilocks condition is just right, "not to hot, not to cold, just right," the big bang happened and the universe was created. And as the universe expanded, there were these things called threshold moments. David Christian describes this as impression of something utterly new, appearing out of nowhere. There were about five threshold impressions, the last one being the creation of life on Earth. One of the Goldilock conditions is the fact that there was enough energy to create the chemistry that was needed to create life, it was not to hot or not to cold, which is why Earth seems to be the perfect planet. And as humans started to evolve, human language allowed us to share what we learn and accumulate in the human memory, from generation to generation, or collective learning. This collective learning, along with Big History, shows us the nature of our complexity and fragility and the dangers that face us. This is what David Christian talks about with his conference on TED.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the general tendency in which things go from order and structure to lack of order and lack of structure. Big History means the story in how the universe creates complexity despite the 2nd law (entropy). The Goldilocks Conditions pockets that are just right in order for the universe to form. Thresh hold moments are the pin point in the universes greatest changing moments. Collective Learning is what makes humans different by language and learning more over time, and becoming better in every way possible through collective learning.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the quantity that helps to account for the flow of energy through a thermodynamic process.
ReplyDeleteTo help people understand the big picture of the world including goals and obsticles we must achieve and how the world revolves around how we do things.
The Goldilocks Conditions are a Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water. These things are what makes us humans able to live on earth healthy.
When one thing leads to another time after time again non stop. things you cant keep track of or control.
The view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge.
Entropy- a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work. Big History- concept of studying a huge period of time (life science, earth science and the study of the cosmos). Goldilocks Conditions- when the conditions are perfect for the Universe to pass through another threshold. Threshold Moments- when there is any big change in the Universe. Collective Learning- humans communicate form generation to generation so they pass on a lot of information, that's why we are the top of the food chain.
ReplyDeleteEntropy- When in the context of the Ted Talk video entropy in my eyes means lacking order and structure and gradually overtime turning into disorder.
ReplyDeleteGoldilocks Conditions- This means that there are a set amount of conditions that are very complicated that make us able to live on Earth today.
Threshold Moments- Is when something completely new is created in the universe, for example when the creation of stars occurred it was a threshold moment.
Collective Learning- Is that we as a species have an ability unlike any other species to accumulate knowledge. For example rats have always been as smart as they are (which is not very) but humans began to learn to farm then make technology and are now where they are today, why this is, is a phenomenon, or it could be God, who knows?
Entropy- an equation used to derive the unavailability of our solar system's thermal energy in conversion to mechanical work.
ReplyDeleteBig History- the concept of studying time from the very beginning to the present day. Covers all forms of sciences (life science, earth science, and the study of the cosmos).
Goldilocks Conditions- when conditions line up just right so that the Universe can pass through another threshold.
Threshold Moments- when there is a big jump in the life of Earth (coming out of the Ice Age).
Collective Learning- the ability for humans to communicate from generation to generation. This process of sharing ideas and strategies is what has lead us to be one of the most dominate of species.
Goldilocks Conditions: Not too hot, not too cold, just the perfect conditions for the creation of complexity. With the creation of complexity, slightly more complex things can be made.
ReplyDeleteThreshold Moments: The moment when more complexity is created. These moments build onto each other, building more and more stages of complexity. Stars are created from threshold moments, when everything comes together perfectly and it reaches that critical moment.
Big History: examines history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present. It looks at long time frames and explores human existence in the context of this bigger picture Christian keeps referring to it as "In Big History", "When Big History did"
Entropy: a mathematical thermodynamic belief? that helps to account for the flow of energy through a thermodynamic process
Collective Learning: In my mind, collective learning is putting together all of the things you have learned and all of the ways that you learned into a big understanding. You look at all the little pictures and put together the big picture.
I really liked this lecture. I love all TED Talks but this one really amazed me. I loved the threshold moments and how the stars were created. To create humans is incredibly complex. But yet, somehow, after all of the Goldilocks Conditions and all of the fighting through threshold moments, we came to be. Somehow, through some coincidences and lucky conditions, we walk this earth. We are the result of complex events.
I found this lecture by David Christian to be very interesting, as it brought some insight on some subjects i was rather uneducated about. Primarily this lecture talked about the theory of evolution. It conveys several points and uses them to explain how evolution really works. One of the subjects he talked about was Entropy Big History. Entropy Big History is a thermodynamic that explains the basic order to order chaos movement of the universe, and also the other way around which ultimately leads to complexity. Another subject he talked about was the Goldilocks conditions. Before this lecture I had a little bit of knowledge about these conditions, but after his lecture everything seemed to be clear. Goldilocks conditions allow things to become more complex if the perfect conditions are present; these could include liquids, the right amount of energy and diverse chemistry. One of the final subjects he talked about was threshold moments, which are the points in history where things become more and more complex, and as they progress it takes harsher Goldilocks Conditions and Threshold moments. What I came away from this speech is the reason humans evolved thorough the complexity of the world is because of collective learning, a process where DNA learned through generations and thus humans are able to learn and evolve.
ReplyDeleteIn the history of the world in 18 minutes, a wide spectrum of knowledge was presented about our solar system and the universe. The term entropy used in this presentation means that the universe is so complex, that it is unpredictable in some circumstances. This introduces a couple more terms such as Big History, which is the study of historic events on a ginormous scale. An example of big history is when it all began, the big bang. Another term for something created in the universe is called Threshold moments, when something utterly new is abruptly created. Imagine, a new element just happens to be created somewhere in the comsos.
ReplyDeleteIn the Universe, life can only be created under a circumstance called goldilocks conditions. This is when in the solar system, a planet in any position in space when the temperature and axis of a planet is perfectly aligned to create life forms.
In conclusion, we can absorb this knowledge and remember it by a term called collective learning. Humans have the ability of collective learning, we are the only known species to actually study history and learn how everything works in moderation.
Entrophy - A natural order born from clutters of chaos in an environment.
ReplyDeleteBig History - The literal Big History, which is composed of every event that had taken place here on Earth.
Goldilocks Condition - A scientific term that is used as a description referenced from the character Goldilocks. It is the state of where it's not too much, not too less, but just right for the complexity.
Threshhold Moment - An instantaneous result shown after a momentous buildup.
Collective Learning - Unlike an information when it dies along with the user, collective information is shared among others than the user itself, accumulating and lasting for generations.
Entropy means the unscrambling of the universe. Chaos might even be a synonym. it is the tendency of things to change and be rearranged from the orderly into the disorderly. Goldilocks conditions are when everything is just right to allow for complexity in the Earth and universe as we know it today. Big history is the story of the entire history of the universe, rather than just of humans. So this story dates back 13.7 billion years. It includes everything from nothingness to an entire universe, which is the first threshold moment. At first it is viewed as just a blur but is quickly transformed into matter and protons. It consisted of huge clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms. The next threshold moment is when the temperature meets a goldilocks condition of 10 million degrees, which allows for the creation of stars. This once again adds complexity. Stars help create a new goldilocks condition for future things such as new chemicals and elements. This leads to the creation of planets and universes, which is another threshold moment. Once living organisms were created, the next threshold was crossed. The goldilocks conditions for life is energy, not too much or too little, diversity of elements, and liquid (water). The reason humans are different is through collective learning or the ability to adapt. New ways to thrive and evolve all goes into collective learning.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the tendency of things to gravitate towards chaos over order. To me, entropy is important because I see it as almost the antagonist of progress, the primary obstacle of evolution. With the presence of entropy, organisms such as us humans are hindered in our desires for progress. Goldilocks conditions are when conditions are perfect so that the universe can generate complexity and fight entropy. When looking at big history the entire history of the universe, we can truly appreciate our presence as superior organisms. When the universe first crossed the initial threshold moment, it consisted of huge clouds of hydrogen and helium atoms. The next threshold moment is when the temperature meets a goldilocks condition of 10 million degrees, which allows for the creation of stars. This engenders further complexity of the universe. Stars help create a new goldilocks condition for future things such as new chemicals and elements. This leads to the creation of planets and universes, which is another threshold moment. The creation of living things is the next threshold. The goldilocks conditions for life is energy, not too much or too little, diversity of elements, and liquid. What makes humans unique from all other organisms in the universe known to us is our ability to collectively learn, which allows us to create complex structures which other organisms is not capable of.
ReplyDeleteEntropya is measure of the non tangable in a system that is also thought to be a measure of the system's disorder.
ReplyDeleteBig History is the history from the big bang to now.
Goldilocks Conditions is not too cold and not too hot, perfect conditions for complexity.
Threshold Moments are when complexity is created, when it passes through a threshhold.
Collective Learning is when all the little pictures to come together and show the big picture, it is what makes us different then other beings.
Entropy: that the universe has a normal tendency to go from order to structure to lack of order to mush.
ReplyDeleteBig History: Once big bang happened there were tons of stars, everything that happened from the big bang to today explains big history. Fossil fuels are a part of big history as well. Big history shows us our power of collective learning.
Goldilocks Conditions: refers to the creation of complexity when things are not too hot or not to cold, they are just right. Stars create the Goldilocks conditions. Goldilocks conditions for life are having a good amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, liquids,
Threshold Moments: refers to each threshold getting tougher, the complex things get more fragile, the goldilocks conditions get more complicated and it is overall more difficult to create complexity. Some threshold moments were when stars were created; rocky planets were created and then made a more diverse environment. Threshold 5 is life on earth. Threshold 6 is the appearance of species.
Collective Learning: It’s what makes humans different. Example was how humans migrated and learned things as they migrated. Because of collective learning we can pass down information and intelligence. Fossil fuels and collective learning can explain the complexity around us.
We should watch more videos like this. I've seen Ted Talks before but this is one of the more interesting ones I've seen. I really liked the term Goldilocks conditions (just right), and it makes me wonder if our Goldilocks conditions are only relative to our planet/solar system, if the Goldilocks conditions would be different in another galaxy, etc. causing a totally different kind of life form, such as a non-carbon based life form. I also thought the idea of collective learning was really cool in how it described the accumulation of all knowledge and it makes me wonder if the human mind has limits to the things it can learn.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is a measure of the disorder in a system containing energy or information. The less ordered a system is, the more entropy it has.
ReplyDeleteBig history is the study of the history of earth across a massive span of time, rather than the few thousand or million of years that we generally think of when we think of history.
The Goldilocks Conditions are what make life sustainable on Earth. These things are a breathable atmosphere, the temperature rate, and liquid water.
Threshold moments are moments in time where something vital to the world that we live in now had the possibility of happening, and the threshold moment is when that thing occur. An example of this is the moment when the Big Bang happened rather than not happening.
Collective learning is the sharing of knowledge that allows scientists to pool together their experiences to solve problems that would be impossible otherwise.
Entropy- The general structure of the universe travels from order to structure and lack of structure to mush.
ReplyDeleteBig History- Gravity is more powerful where there is more stuff. Hydrogen and Helium nuclei capture electrons to form stable atoms. A huge release of energy makes stars. Molecules combine to form living organisms.
Goldilocks Conditions- Not to hot, not to cold, but just right for the creation of complexity. It gets more stringent. With Goldilocks conditions, you need more energy, diverse chemical elements as well as liquids so the molecules can move freely in order to make gases.
Threshold Moments- During each Threshold, it gets tougher; the complexity gets more fragile and vunerable which makes is difficult to create complexity.
Collective Learning- The idea that humans can fathom the complexity of the universe and share our knowledge to future generations.
This man is brilliant the way he explains the big bang theory the splitting of atoms how they multiply is awesome the "big theory" he covered so much in so little time. the "big theory" covers how our universes came to existence in the matter of a second.he used time evidence and data to understand the big bang theory with empirical evidence to explore cause-and-effect relations.
ReplyDeleteEntropy - Law of Thermodynamics
ReplyDeleteBig History -History of the earth on a large scale
Goldilocks Conditions - Many things have to be perfect for life to happen
Threshold Moments - Large moments in our earth's history such as the Big Bang.
Collective Learning - When all the little things line up perfectly to form a bigger picture, like making the human species so advanced.
Entropy- When things naturally break apart into chaos.
ReplyDeleteBig History- The history of the universe which started 13.7 billion years ago.
Goldilocks Conditions- When everything is perfect, for example, the goldilocks conditions for life are just the right amount of energy. Not too much and not too little.
Threshold moments- These are the big turning points in the progression of the universe, for example when hydrogen and helium atoms came together and formed the first basic molecules this was the first threshold moment.
Collective Learning- What makes humans different than all the other organisms is that we can collectively learn, which allows us to become more complex.
Entropy - the universe has a tendency to move from order and structure to lack of order and lack of structure.
ReplyDeleteBig History - the story of our universe from when it began to now. it shows us the complexity and fragility of the dangers that face us; also shows us our power with collective learning
Goldilocks Conditions - everything has to the right conditions in order for it to work; not too cold, not too hot, not too much, not too little, etc.
Threshold Moments - each moment that the universe has gone through, increasing in complexity with each step.
Collective Learning - our ability to learn and get better, adapt, change, etc.; it's what makes us different; powerful force
Entropy means a lack of order or predictability; a gradual decline into disorder
ReplyDeleteBig History means seeking the bigger picture of things by using mathematical modeling to explore interactions between long-term trends in sociological systems,
Goldilocks Conditions means Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water. These things are what makes life sustainable on Earth, and is why no other planet/planetoids has people or any life form that we know of
Threshold Moments means you have to make a decision that will affect the rest of your life greatly
Collective working means that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one to another
Entropy describes how elements begin to deteriorate and decay. They all have half-lives and how it relates to the formation of planets. I don't understand entropy very well because its a difficult concept to understand. Big History is the timeline of the universe viewed in a broad aspect including a variety of events and formations. Big history in easy terms is like the history of the entire universe and everything inside it. , Goldilocks Conditions is the idea of something being a perfect temperature. Like earth, we are not too hot and not too cold so we can exist on our planet. Other planets are not perfect and do not support like because of it. Threshold Moments are points in time and conditions that allow matter to interact with each other in different ways. Collective Learning is the human ability to combine knowledge and history from other time periods to better understand something as a collective whole instead of only using knowledge from that generation.
ReplyDeleteIn this TED talk we get an opportunity to try and grasp the complexity of the Universe. Entropy, big history, Goldilocks condition, threshold moments, and collective learning all make it easier for us to understand what has been going on in our universe for nearly 14 billion years. Entropy is a hard concept to grasp. Entropy is essential chaos resulting in creation. Entropy is how the flow of energy creates chaos. Entropy means that everything can change and will if something does not stop it. For example, the death of an organism, fusion and fission of particles, and the collapse of a star result in something new. A change has happened.
ReplyDeleteBig History is the idea of the large timeline which is the entire time lapse of the universe. To me it is a scaled down version of the universe. It allows for clarity for when viewing the universe. The big history is the history of everything ever.
Goldilocks condition refers to the fable of goldilocks. In the tall tale the conditions of the porridge have to be not too hot or too cold, but just right. This is the same thing for the formation of the universe. Everything has to come together just right for it to expand and form The goldilocks condition helps to form the complexity of the universe.
Threshold moments are big changes that allow for different formations. I view threshold moments as big milestones in the history of our universe. For example, the formation of stars, the KT impact, and the creational existence of humans are all threshold moments.
Collective learning is strictly a human characteristic. Us humans know most of the things we know today due to collective learning. Collective learning is when knowledge is built up over time through communication. Humans have the ability to communicate and record the information they have gained over their existence, which allowed for us to become the advanced species we are today.
In the context of the lecture and his explanation, he stated our universe works in entropy as it moves away from structure and towards lack of order. His example was that of an egg; its shell breaks, the yolk spills out, and we stir it up. Not the other way around because that wouldn't make sense to us. Big History is a term used to describe the evolution of Earth from the perspective of Earth's life cycle. Within Big History, there are things noted as Goldilocks Conditions which are used to describe growth when things are not too hot and not too cold. Goldilocks Conditions are perfect in that in any other circumstances growth would not be possible. In terms of universe, stars create Goldilocks Conditions at the most opportune time to develop the elements on the Periodic Table. Along with Goldilocks Conditions, there are Threshold Conditions which are circumstances where the complex things in the universe get more fragile, more vulnerable, and more difficult to meet Goldilocks Conditions. He introduces the idea that is specific to the human species, Collective Learning. In his explanation, he states that in every other species an individual learns throughout its life yet has no way of communicating it to the rest of the population. He then explains that humans posses the power to learn individually and commune with others so that the information is collective throughout the population.
ReplyDeleteEntropy: general tendency of universe is to move from order and structure to no order and lack of structure to mush, kind of like a scrambled egg.
ReplyDeleteBig History: A timeline of events from the universes perspective. It is scaled to such a large scale that it seems timely.
Goldilocks Conditions: more complex things appear when something isn't too hot or too cold, its the perfect temperature and it is just right for that specific complex structure. And then from that complex thing, you can get another slightly more complex thing if everything is just right, not too cold and not too hot. This gets built slowly, stage by stage.
Threshold moments: A moment between phases where it gets tougher and tougher. Each stag gets more fragile and more vulnerable than the last, becomes more difficult to create these complex situations and things.
Collective Learning: When humans learn things on an individual basis, they collect the information and then share it so when a person dies, the information is still out there being collected and expanded on. Every other species when they grow individually, they collect information but when they die, the information dies with them. They are not able to share their information so it can't be collected on and on.
Threshold moments in the video are the moments in the universe when new things are created. Such as when the first starts were created in the universe. This is a threshold moment. Also the moment when living organisms were created on earth also counts as a threshold moment. Goldilocks conditions are necessary requirements to move to the next threshold moment. "its not too hot or too cold it's just right." The formation of stars needed helium, hydrogen, and other molecules. These necessary molecules are necessary conditions. Collective learning in terms of the video is the ability as a species to collect information and pass it on. The information for other species is lost when the being who carries it dies. In the Our species we can pass it down to where future generations still know the past thanks to our system of languages. Big history can show us our power and dangers in the upcoming future. Big history, is taking everything that has happened before us that can be used to face challenges and opportunities coming for the next generation. Entropy is the tendency for the universe to go from orderly to disorderly.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the tendency of the universe to move from complexity into simplicity, or “mush” as the speaker calls it. This can be shown by the example of cracking an egg. The egg is a complex structure that has the possibility to create more complexity and then turns into simple mush when it is cracked. Entropy implies that it is difficult or impossible for the universe to create anything, however there are exceptions. These exceptions are called Goldilocks conditions, where everything is just right for the universe to create complexity. Earth exists in such a goldilocks zone, it is not too hot or too cold and it has a moon capable of sustaining our axial tilt. Our rare conditions have allowed life to flourish, a seemingly unique and never before seen occurrence in the universe. The creation of something unique or a vast leap forward in complexity is what is called a threshold moment. There have only been a few major threshold moments in regards to humans’ understanding of the universe. A few are the creation of the universe, the creation of stars, and the creation of the solar system. The most important threshold moment for humans was simply the birth of our species. Our species is unique among all of the other species to ever walk the Earth because we have been gifted with language. We are the only species able to record knowledge of previous generations and pass it down, so as a species have the gift of collective learning. We are able to maintain a history and pass down ideas through time, generating more and more complex systems and ideas than anything has ever been able to in the universe.
ReplyDeleteEverything that was taught in the Ted talk lesson connects with one another in some shape or form. As I took it, everything begins from a threshold moment almost, which is when a complexity changes into something a little more complex. From a threshold moment we get delicacy, but they also make up big history- reveals how much power we actually have and how our history has evolved. Driving these threshold moments is entropy, which is disorder. The Goldilocks Conditions tell what is just right for the creation of complexity, coming from the story tale's main character's want for something not too hot or not too cold, not too hard and not too soft, just right. Obviously finding something that is just right, is hard to meet the requirements for due to the precision, and are hard to meet in each threshold moment. Finally, collective learning and collective memory help humans pass information on in order to make it grow into something even more.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the tendency of the universe to move from an orderly state to a disorderly one. To full understand this you have to look back at the whole history of the Universe or "Big History". When the universe began it was a infinitely small particle of everything that would later become what we know as the universe. This was it's most orderly state. Entropy allows the universe to become more complex with the help of goldilocks conditions. These are conditions that are perfect for the formation of new things. When goldilocks conditions are met the universe passes through what is known as a threshold moment when a change in state occurs in the universe and complexity is created. The birth of the human race was a threshold point because we are one of the most complex systems we know of in the universe. Humans have the ability to be a part of such a complex system because we can take advantage of collective learning. When one person learns something they have the ability through language to pass it on to someone else. This allows much more information to be utilized by the species as a whole and this makes our society able to become as complex as it is and still be stable.
ReplyDeleteThreshold moments he talks about the going get tougher and fragile things get more fragile. In big history he talks about things almost 13.7 billion years ago. This is when the first threshold is formed when everything blows up and a rush of elements blow farther apart. about 200 million years after the bang. This will cause the goldilocks conditions. once stars die it creates elements making the world more chemically complex. This will help forms planets moons and other particles. after the fourth threshold humans are able to be made. 1st condition is the right amount of energy. 2nd is diverse of chemical elements and 3rd is liquid. DNA is always learning about how to create different species. We appeared about 200 thousand years ago. DNA is always collective learning, and it makes organism to help learn.
ReplyDeleteEntropy can be defined as the natural tendency of our Universe to descend from complexity to less complexity, from order to disorder. Like a bedroom, it will the natural tendency is to get messier over time.
ReplyDeleteBig History is exactly what it sounds like. It is the history of everything zoomed out to the limit of human perspective. It is the comprehensive history of everything that has ever happened as far as humans are aware. It encompasses the Big Bang and all the time that has passed from then to now. It explores human existance in the context of this bigger picture.
Goldilocks Conditions are those that are "just right" or exactly as desired to accomplish a given event or occurence. For example, the Goldilocks Conditions (the ideal conditions) for formation of life are presence of liquid, ideal temperature or distance from sun, and breathable atmosphere. Goldilocks Conditions are rare but in a Universe of nearly infinite size it is probable that there are numerous locations that meet the Goldilocks Conditions, just as Earth did.
Threshold Moments are major breakthroughs in the building of complexity in the Universe, landmark events in Big History. According to the video, there have been 8 threshold moments so far: the Big Bang, the appearnace of stars, the rise of more chemical elements, the formation of planets, life on Earth, development of collective learning in Humans, the rise of agriculture and, finally, the modern revolution. All of these "threshold moments" represent the universe crossing into another phase of complexity. Breaking into a new threshold, if you will.
Collective learning is an ability that, on Earth, is unique to humans. This ability is what has allowed us to dominate our planet and become a mentally superior species despite our physical inferiority. It encompasses the ability of homo sapiens to communicate knowledge with other individuals so accurately and precisely that we learn as a community rather than as individuals. We build and build upon the knowledge of those that came before us, allowing us to rapidly progress in a way that no other animal has. Today, the epitome of collective learning is the internet, which allows any two humans on Earth to connect instantly and exchange or gain knowledge.
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ReplyDeleteTo me all of these words represent things needed in order to make the human species so different from other living organisms. To be where we are at today we needed big history. We needed many things to change and grow. For instance we needed the dinosaurs to be wiped out. Part of this big history involved the climate changing and the goldilocks conditions which made it possible for there to be life on Earth. These goldilocks conditions include an atmosphere in which we can breathe in, a suitable temperature, and liquid water to drink. There also had to be other threshold moments happen on our Earth and throughout our atmosphere. Crucial moments that have allowed us to take another step forward to get to where we are at today, which is human life. One of the many reasons why humans are so special is because we have collective learning. Although when someone dies all the information in their brain is gone, humans have been able to cheat the system with collective learning. We have been able to pass down information with teaching and telling others about what we have learned through word of mouth, stories, books, the Internet and so much more. This in effect has created entropy as well. Otherwise known as Earth’s decline into disorder. With so many ways to communicate and interact Earth is now a global community with much going on and much disorder.
This interesting video contained a great deal of vocabulary and references that I previously did not know, including Entropy, Big History, Goldilocks Conditions, Threshold Moments, and Collective Learning.
ReplyDeleteEntropy, as I understand it, is the concept of things going from more orderly to less orderly, or from organized to mush. Big History is a term used to describe history in its entirety, dating all the way back to 13.7 billion years ago when the universe was formed. I understand Goldilocks Conditions to be the required standards required for a successful existence, such as liquid, diverse chemical makeup, etc. Threshold Moments are moments throughout history that have been times of "breakthrough" or dramatic change that changed the course of Big History. It could be said that the introduction of the human race was a Threshold Moment. Lastly, Collective Learning is a term used to describe the concept of humans acquiring knowledge, communicating it to other humans, and consequently passing on the information and knowledge such that the human race can utilize it to flourish or - in a worst case scenario - to fail.
These terms shed light on an interesting topic of the history of the universe and what it may tell us about the future.
Entropy is the order in the Universe complexity is able to exist due to Goldilocks Conditions. Goldilocks conditions occur with the temperature is not too hot or too cold, it’s just right for the creation of complexity. When complexity things to appear there seems to be a more of a snowball effect in how one thing leads to another. This leads to stages that can create something that can be described as magical in how something new can appear almost out of no where that are known as Threshold Moments. In each threshold the going gets tougher in how eventually complexity leads to the making of our Universe. Big History is displayed in chronological order that explains how the world and Universe came to be. Big History can show us the dangers of the Universe but it can also show us our power of collective learning. I found this video engaging and eye opening in how David Christian put the making of the world into words with examples that are understandable. His perspective was intelligential and I thoroughly enjoyed hearing his explanation in why he things it's important to know Big History.
ReplyDeleteStarting his talk with egg whites separating from the yolk, he introduces the term "entropy". Relating the mixing of a eggs yolk as a disorder and that the earth went through the same thing when it was created. That it goes from order to lack of order to great complexity. He basically talks about the creation of Universe and how hard it is to create complexity within it. Each stage of complexity are Threshold moments, where in each one its more difficult to go along further. The further along it goes, things get more complicated. For example the Goldilock condition becomes even more precise.
ReplyDeleteHe goes on to explain that what makes us different then animals is we have Collective Learning. We learn from things and retain it and make more out of it. Talking about how since we migrated so much back then we learned so much as a species.
Priscilla Dasilva
The TED talk was interesting and the use of entropy was a good way to talk about how things started out as small ordered organisms and became more chaotic as time went on. Big history is cool because it is a good way to explain the history of the universe without being too complicated. I liked the way he talked about Goldilocks conditions because it makes it very easy to grasp why earth flourished as a planet. Not too hot or not too cold but just right, just like in the fairytale. A threshold point is a good way to explain crucial moments in history that changed the course of human life. Finally, collective learning is a good way to combine ideas in order to learn more and more quickly.
ReplyDeleteDavid Christian's speech at the TED conference was brillant, because he was able to explain such complex ideas in the simplest of terms. Below are the definitions of each vocabulary term and its use in Christian's speech:
ReplyDeleteEntropy- Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder. The Earth was developed simply by chance and that random probability that it became inhabitable is explained.
Big History- Christian explains that the history behind the creation of the Earth. It took millions of years for our Earth to develop and become sustainable for life.
Goldilocks Conditions- We were close enough to the Sun that our planet was just hot enough to develop life, yet not so hot as to burn up all the water on our planet.
Threshold Moments- on the verge/ waiting to happen. The Earth at some point hit its threshold for human population and suddenly it exploded. We were quickly the dominant species on the Earth and the most successful in the history of Earth.
Collective Learning- The creation of brains and languages have allowed us to pass off our knowledge that we have gain over the years to the next generation. But with language we have accelerated everything that is possible.
Big history is a very interesting thing. Showing how history of earth and the universe has changed through threshold moments. These moments build up complexity and create and build a more and more complex universe. Entropy is irreversible disorder in the universe. Such as glass shattering. Threshold moments are essentially developing entropy. Goldilocks conditions are the condition that are 'not too hot' and 'not too cold'. The conditions are just right in order to create complexity. Goldilocks moments are very rare and much more hard to come by than threshold moments. Collective theory is basically the idea that humans can spread and teach information before they die off and allow it to grow.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the natural tendency for things to move from order into disorder. It's like how a clean room gradually becomes messy over a few weeks. The universe contradicts this because with time, the universe becomes more and more orderly and complex. Big History refers to history on the largest scale - history since the Big Bang and the start of the universe. Big History covers about 13.7 billion years. "Goldilocks Conditions" is how perfect things had to be for different aspects of the universe to be created, not too 'hot' or too 'cold'. For example, the Earth is perfect for life because it is just the right distance from the sun for the oceans not to be boiled away and not too far away where they would freeze. The Threshold Moments were very significant points on the timeline of Big History. For example, the Big Bang, the formation of stars and complex elements, the creation of the Earth, the creation of humans, etc. Each Threshold Moments opens the door for another one. Collective Learning is a unique trait we humans possess that no other organisms seem to have ever had. It is the fact that we are able to communicate and pass along information to generation to generation ultimately leading to limitless opportunity for gaining knowledge among humans in the future.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Ted uses the word Entropy to describe how the universe moves from order to lack of structure or mush, like an egg scrambling.
ReplyDeleteBig History, is the entire history of the world, starting with the beginning of the universe and building into the complex world we live in today. Our world is like a building block. Over time it gets bigger and bigger, but it gets more difficult the more complex it becomes. Goldilocks Conditions is a term that describes how the climate conditions were not to hot and not too cold, the perfect combination to create something new of great complexity. As complex things evolve, more complex things evolve from that. Threshold Moments represent stages in history that are astonishing/when new forms of life come to Earth. Each time it gets more and more complex. To me, Collective Learning is learning about present day Earth by looking into the past for answers, because history is collective and repeats itself.
Caroline Stanford
In my own words the word Entropy means that basically the world is a very miss placed thing in the universe and that even though some things look weird to us, the same thing might not look the same to someone who is on a completely different plant. In my own words, Big History means the starting of the Universe and the starting of the big bang. Goldilocks effect means basically that the conditions are just right for the creation of more complex things to form. Threshold moments are when things are on the eve of happening, and collective learning is when a species is able to learn something, and then pass it down from generation to generation.
ReplyDeleteDavid Christian talks about how the universe travels from complexity to mush, which is Entropy. Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, says that the universe moves from order and structure to lack of order and structure. He explained this by showing a video of eggs being scrambled backwards, saying that his video will cause uneasiness in people. However, Christian continues and explains that complexity is all around us today by surveying the big history of how the universe came to be. It the story of how the universe creates complexity; why complexity means vulnerability and fragility. Christian also explains about the Goldilocks conditions, which is just the right amount of recreational complexity. And where there is complexity, there is a bit more complexity, which builds stage by stage. In creating life, the Goldilocks Conditions are the right amount of energy, diverse chemical elements, and liquids, where atoms can cruise and mingle. Christian walks the audience through the 13.7 billion years of earth's history by explaining threshold moments. Threshold moments are the buildings of complexity in which during each threshold, complex things get more fragile and more vulnerable and Goldilocks conditions become more stringent, making it more difficult to create complexity. The 6 thresholds are the big bang, creation of stars, creation of new chemical elements through death of stars, creation of earth and solar systems, life on earth, and the appearances of our species. He ties this concept with Homo sapiens, for we came into being very late, making us one of the most complex creatures because of our ability of collective learning. Collective learning is the ability to accumulate what we have learned over the history through language. It is the ability to pass information to our children.
ReplyDeleteEntropy means a lack of order or predictability; a gradual decline into disorder. Big History means simply seeking the big picture of things by using mathematical modeling to explore interactions between long-term trends in sociological systems. Goldilocks Conditions means that the plant has a Breathable Atmosphere, Temperature Rate, and Liquid Water. These things are what makes life sustainable on Earth, and is why no other planet/planetoids has people or any life form that we are able to find at this time. It also means that the planets temperature isn’t too hot or too cold but is just right for life to grow. Threshold Moments means you have to make a decision that will affect the you in a vast way that will control the outcome of the rest of your life. Collective working means that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one to another.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the lack of order. it can also be defined as a gradual decline into disorder. The Earth was created by chance and that random probability that it became inhabitable is explained with this.Christian explains that the history behind the creation of the Earth. It took millions of years for Earth to develop and become sustainable for complex life. The Goldilocks Condition explains how our planet is positioned perfectly between too hot of a climate which would make it impossible to sustain life and too far away which would leave us with a tundra of a climate. threshold means on the verge/ waiting to happen. The Earth at some point will hit its peak for human population and suddenly it exploded. We were quickly the dominant species on the Earth and the most successful in the history of Earth. Collective Learning is The creation of brains and languages which have allowed us to pass off what we know to the next generation.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Ted uses the word Entropy to describe the universe from being in order to out of structure. The creation of the universe, also known as the Big History, went through stages of Threshold Moments, each time something was suddenly created within the universe, that would be a threshold moment.In the beginning, complexity builds with the Goldilocks Conditions, which is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for the creation of complexity, and slightly more complex things are built. Collective learning is cooperation. It can even be used to describe how the universe came to be. All of these atoms collected together to create something new.
ReplyDeleteDavid Christian's speech at the TED conference was enlightening , because he was able to explain such complex ideas in the simplest of terms. Below are the definitions of each vocabulary term and its use in Christian's speech:
ReplyDeleteEntropy- is the notions of order and disorder, the universe from being in order to out of structure.
Big History really deals with deep time. Instead of the time that human history involves, or even life it deals with billions and billions of years of history. Involves broadening perspective over rather incomprehensible time periods for man.
Goldilocks Conditions- We were close enough to the Sun that our planet was just hot enough to develop life, yet not so hot as to burn up all the water on our planet.
Threshold Moments are moments throughout history that have been times of "breakthrough" or dramatic change that changed the course of Big History.
Collective Learning- The creation of brains and languages have allowed us to pass off our knowledge that we have gain over the years to the next generation. But with language we have accelerated everything that is possible.
Entropy- the world moves from order to lack of order. from complexity to mush.Entropy is the tendency for the world to fall into disorder.
ReplyDeleteGoldilocks Conditions- the "just right" setting for things to appear... the creation of complexity. Complexity builds in each Goldilocks Condition.
Threshold Moments- going gets tuffer... the thinning of a blood stream... each level becomes more fragile and harder to reach
becomes less complex
Big history- telling the history of the universe. The beginning of time till now.Big history explains the universes history in steps and sections.
Collective learning- The passing down of learned knowledge through writing and language. The information does not die with a single person.Knowldge is able to build through the generations.
Ted uses the word "entropy" as the basic way the universe operated through disorder. He describes it as something that started out with a basic structure, and slowly gets less and less structured over time. He uses the term "big history" to describe the overall history of the universe from it's creation. This term focuses on the broad scale of things vs. the minute details of the history of the universe. The goldilocks effect is something that he refers to when the conditions are just right for something. If something was too "this" or too "that", it wouldn't allow for something to happen. But the goldilocks effect explains the significance of the conditions being perfect. Threshold events are something the video describes as something that is significant to the big history. These threshold events include the Big Bang, creation of the atom, etc; all of which made a significant impact on the universe and on the history of life. Lastly, collective learning is something that Ted talks about as what sets humans apart. It means that we as a species can learn off of information that we did not discover ourselves, but was passed on from another human being. This is what has made us so advanced in our intelligence compared to other species.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is used to describe unavailability and chaos, as in lack of order in the universe. This was shown as an example in the video by the scrambling of eggs which was recorded and played backwards, just to mess with our minds and to know that it will be unpleasant for people to watch because order in which we are accustomed to is being disturbed. Big History is the study of history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present which seems like an extremely long time for us (about 13.7 billion years) thus making it a very extensive, wide-scoping field of study. The "Goldilocks Conditions" refer to a set of conditions which makes life sustainable on Earth; these conditions include a breathable atmosphere, temperature rate, and liquid water. Threshold moments are the moments where simple things begin to become more and more complex and continually increase in complexity until something large and new is created as a result. The formation of stars is one example of threshold moments.
ReplyDeleteCollective Learning is the view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one person to another (verbal speech/hand gestures and mathematical/scientific equations, art, music, etc.).
Entropy is a lack of order or predictability. It is not explained how the Earth became in habitable but he does mention it was by chance. Christian explains Big History as the history behind the creation of the Earth. This time stretched over millions of years because it took that long for the Earth to become inhabitable. Goldilocks Conditions was when the Earth was not too close and not too far from the sun. It was close enough so that life could develop but not close enough for the sun to burn some of the essential things that organisms need to live on Earth. Threshold Moments are moments that are on the verge of happening. Evolution was a threshold moment leading up to the evolvement of humans and once that happened, humans quickly became the dominant species.Collective Learning is the creation of language and writing and other things that helped us gain knowledge about times in history. Because humans have such complex brains, we have been a major part of collective learning in creating languages and recording history.
ReplyDeleteEntropy is the quality that everything leads to chaos, like the Chaos Theory, where everything is going to lead to chaos unless you change it. For example your bedroom will become messy or chaotic unless you continually clean it. Big History is the term used to define the whole existence of our universe, which is a very long time. From the beginning of the big bang all the way to the present. Which is 13.7 billion years, which is ironic because we measure years by the time we take to revolve around the sun, and when the big bang happened there was no sun. Goldilocks Conditions are the set of conditions that are “just right”. Not too hot, and not too far for the creation of complexity. Threshold Moments moments when complexity becomes more difficult. Like in a game, every new level is like a threshold moment. Collective Learning is the idea that, because we couldn’t read or write before. Humans would transfer ideas and learning, knowledge and experience.
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In the context of the lecture, the following words mean...
ReplyDeleteEntropy: a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work
Big History: an emerging and rapidly growing academic discipline which examines history scientifically from the Big Bang to the present
Goldilocks Conditions: they are a set of conditions which makes life sustainable on Earth. These conditions include a breathable atmosphere, temperature rate, and liquid water
Threshold Moments: a moment of scientifically discovery, where scientists are on the verge of discovering something new
Collective Learning: the view that the human species has a unique capacity to accumulate and share complex knowledge and to transmit this knowledge from one person to another
Entropy is when things in our world go from having an ordered process, to no structure at all. Entropy is a thermodynamic that explains the basic order to order chaos movement of the universe. It's the loss of control in chaos.
ReplyDeleteBig History is a term used to describe history in a whole, dating all the way back to 13.7 billion years ago when the universe was formed. This is pretty much the start of the explosion and everything expanding.
The Goldilocks Conditions are what make life sustainable on Earth. These things are the temperature rate, and liquid water.
Threshold Moments is basically defining moments in time that help made our earth, solar system, and universe the way it is now. An example is when Humans begin to live life on earth and survival.
Collective Learning is when all the little pictures make the big picture. All the little life lessons you learn add up together and that's what collective learning is.
Entropy is the lack of order and the lack of certainty that exists in the laws of the universe. we are accustomed to experiences this disorder in action like the video of the egg cooking, so when it is opposite (chaos to order) we perceive it as odd and unnatural.
ReplyDeleteBig History encompasses all events from the moment of creation 13.8 billion years ago, to today. Time only exists within the human brain so it is nearly impossible to process the true age of the universe
Goldilocks Conditions refer to the climate for life to exist. The earth is the right distance from the sun to be not too hot and not too cold, water, and atmospheric protection
Threshold Moments are the beginning of a drastic change that have long effects; both positive or negative. in our lives an example would be having a kid
Collective Learning is the unique form of learning that humans are uniquely capable of through communication and language. It allows knowledge to be passed down instead of having to be re-discovered.
The TED talk was interesting and the use of entropy was a good way to talk about how things started out as small ordered organisms and became more chaotic as time went on. Big history is cool because it is a good way to explain the history of the universe without being too complicated. I liked the way he talked about Goldilocks conditions because it makes it very easy to grasp why earth flourished as a planet. Not too hot or not too cold but just right, just like in the fairytale. A threshold point is a good way to explain crucial moments in history that changed the course of human life. Finally, collective learning is a good way to combine ideas in order to learn more and more quickly.
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