Why is interdisciplinary approach important to Big History?
So people have less work to do
Mulitple points of view
You can better tell the story
It is NOT important
What are Goldilocks conditions?
Specific set of conditions necessary to enable greater complexity
Specific set of conditions necessary to simplify
Unspecific set of conditions necessary to enable greater complexity
Unspecific set of conditions necessary to simplify
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.
"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."
Big Bang
Goldilocks conditions
Interdisciplinary approach
Universe
Scientific notation is...
...a method of expressing very large and very small numbers.
...a method of counting the different disciplines of science.
...a method of avoiding using to many zeros.
...a method of eating cake.
"Scale is degrees of magnification, or perspective, used to measure time, space, and size."
"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"
Big History
Modern history
Scale
Science: An approach to discovering knowledge about the natural world that relies on testing ideas ❌
Religion: A set of and that concern humanity’s relationship with the spiritual, the , and reality.
Origin Story Big History Big Bang Modern History( Origin Story, Big History, Big Bang, Modern History ): A narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity.
Emergent : Properties of a system that are not present within its parts but that only when those parts are combined.
Universe Timespace Cosmos Spacetime( Universe, Timespace, Cosmos, Spacetime ): All the matter and energy in existence, as well as the space that contains it.
Cosmology: The study of the ❌ on its largest scales, including its origin.
Astrophysics is...
...the study of how physics affects astronauts.
...the study of the properties and interactions of planets, stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects.
...the study of the universe on its largest scales, including its origin.
...the study of extreme distant past events of the universe.
Why does Big History use claim testing?
To make sure the Claims that are made are true or untrue.
To make new ideas about the universe.
To prove all claims are true.
To let everyone make their own claims.
Big History is a ❌ that explains all of history from the start of the Big Bang.
+ = New Complexity.
