Curved space and compassion

Slides by George Ellis as presented at COSAC in July 2005 outlining:

A brief review of cosmology today will be given, followed by some reflections on how it is that the universe allows intelligent life to come into existence and what if anything all this has to do with the concepts of morality and compassion. This relates to the key issue of ethics and survival of the human race. 

 

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