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Consilience

The synergistic effect of different scientific disciplines reducing knowledge and then reintegrating it into unified theories or truths. It is what the biologist Edward O. Wilson calls the "jumping together" of knowledge.


Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to Consilience

Max More and Ray Kurzweil on the Singularity By Max More and Ray Kurzweil
Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life is the Architect of the Universe By James N. Gardner
The Physical Constants as Biosignature By James N. Gardner
Material Progress is Sustainable By John McCarthy
Track 7 Tech Vectors to Take Advantage of Technological Acceleration By Max More
The Age of Virtuous Machines By J. Storrs Hall

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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge