Friday, 13 July 2012

Cosmic awe should help humans solve the world's greatest problems





In order to motivate people to change their behaviour in order to address global challenges such as climate change we should look to the cosmos, argued philosopher of science Nancy Ellen Abrams at DLD Women.


"Global problems can't be solved by any group, country or any known religious or political system. They operate on a scale that's outside of our experience and intuition," she said.


By: Olivia Solon, Edited by: Nate Lanxon


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via Wired.co.uk



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/13/cosmology-can-solve-world-problems

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