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Why is interdisciplinary approach important to Big History?
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What are Goldilocks conditions?
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Specific set of conditions necessary to enable greater complexity
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Specific set of conditions necessary to simplify
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Unspecific set of conditions necessary to enable greater complexity
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Unspecific set of conditions necessary to simplify
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Thresholds of increasing complexity are moments in the history of the universe when specific ingredients under the right "Goldilocks Conditions" come together to recreate something in a simpler form.
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"Big History relies on information from cosmologists, astrophysicists, geologists, chemists, paleontologists, biologists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as experts in other disciplines, to learn about the past."
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Scientific notation is...
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...a method of expressing very large and very small numbers.
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...a method of counting the different disciplines of science.
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...a method of avoiding using to many zeros.
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...a method of eating cake.
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"Scale is degrees of magnification, or perspective, used to measure time, space, and size."
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"A unified account of the entire history of the universe that uses evidence and ideas from many disciplines to create a broad context for understanding humanity; a modern scientific origin story"
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Science:
An approach to discovering knowledge about the natural world that relies on testing ideas [blank_start]through observation or experiment.[blank_end]
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Religion:
A set of [blank_start]beliefs[blank_end] and [blank_start]practices[blank_end] that concern humanity’s relationship with the spiritual, the [blank_start]supernatural[blank_end], and reality.
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beliefs
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practices
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supernatural
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[blank_start]Origin Story[blank_end]:
A narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity.
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Origin Story
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Big History
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Big Bang
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Modern History
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Emergent [blank_start]Properties[blank_end]:
Properties of a [blank_start]complex[blank_end] system that are not present within its parts but that [blank_start]emerge[blank_end] only when those parts are combined.
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complex
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Properties
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emerge
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[blank_start]Universe[blank_end]:
All the matter and energy in existence, as well as the space that contains it.
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Universe
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Timespace
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Cosmos
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Spacetime
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Cosmology:
The study of the [blank_start]Universe[blank_end] on its largest scales, including its origin.
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universe
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spacetime
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Earth
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solar system
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...the study of how physics affects astronauts.
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...the study of the properties and interactions of planets, stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects.
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...the study of the universe on its largest scales, including its origin.
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...the study of extreme distant past events of the universe.
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Why does Big History use claim testing?
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To make sure the Claims that are made are true or untrue.
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To make new ideas about the universe.
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To prove all claims are true.
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To let everyone make their own claims.
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Big History is a [blank_start]modern, scientific, origin story,[blank_end] that explains all of history from the start of the Big Bang.
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modern, scientific, origin story,
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modern, religion, origin story,
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old, scientific, origin story,
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modern, scientific, fairy tale,
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[blank_start]Ingredients[blank_end] + [blank_start]Goldilocks Conditions[blank_end] = New Complexity.
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Goldilocks Conditions
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Ingredients