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noosphere
Noosphere (noun) means a theoretical layer formed by human thought, reason and awareness, seen as a stage in evolution.
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A theoretical layer formed by human thought, reason and awareness, seen as a stage in evolution.
"The noosphere admits human cognition as a part of the environment of the Earth."
— Esther Inglis-Arkell, What comes next after the Noosphere? (2012)
"This creates a pattern of homesteading in the noosphere that rather resembles that of settlers spreading into a physical frontier—not random, but like a diffusion-limited fractal."
— , Homesteading the Noosphere (2001)
"I used to have a pretty clear idea of God. Now we have these new theologians who say God’s inside here not up there or he’s an impersonal noosphere and the anthropomorphic image is out. Three unpersons in one anthropomorphic noosphere."
— Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers (1980)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French noosphère, itself built from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, "mind, spirit") and Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, "ball, globe"); the term was developed, and perhaps coined, by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky on the model of atmosphere, biosphere and the like. Taken at face value, it reads as nous ("mind") plus -sphere.
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What is the meaning of noosphere?
"noosphere" (noun) means a theoretical layer formed by human thought, reason and awareness, seen as a stage in evolution.
