The Book of Humanity

PARASKEVAS N. PARASKEVOPOULOS PROFESSOR, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS THE BOOK OF HUMANITY: MAN’S “INTELLIGENT DESIGN” FIRST EDITION – NEW YORK 2011 PUBLISHER: SEABURN PUBLISHING GROUP 1 THE BOOK OF HUMANITY: MAN’S “INTELLIGENT DESIGN” Paraskevas N. Paraskevopoulos Professor, National Technical University of Athens 2 Author: Παρασκευάς Ν. Παρασκευόπουλος Title of prototype: Το Βιβλίο της Ανθρωπότητας: Το «Ευφυές Σχέδιο» του Ανθρώπου. First Edition: 2011 Publishing Group, N.Y. ISBN: 159232293X ©Paraskevas N. Paraskevopoulos: The Book of Humanity: Man’s “Intelligent Design” Editing for Publication: Sam Chekwas ISBN: 1592322743 Publisher: Seaburn, Publishing Group, New York P.O. Box 2085 Long Island City, NY 11102 www.seaburn.com Tel.: (718) 784-2224 E mail: [email protected] Web page: www.bookofhumanity.org PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3 Dedicated to Man, to Nature and to God 4 The author forfeits all profits from the Book of Humanity to the non-profit Philocosmy Association of Greece. The Association was established in 2010. Background information on the Association is available on page 6. The reason that the author forfeits all profits to the Philocosmy Association of Greece is that, on the subject of the course of Mankind, he does not want profit to come between himself and his fellow men, but only the care and love for a better world. 5 Dear readers, When you have read this book you will have realized that it is essentially an open letter to all the people on Earth. A letter of admiration and love for each and every inhabitant of the planet, man or woman, rich or poor, white or black, religious or not, right-wing or left-wing, famous or disenfranchised, happy or sad, sinless or sinful, virtuous or criminal. A letter through which the author attempts to speak to as many of his fellow humans as possible about a new approach to mankind’s great problems today. An approach which we will call The Book of Humanity. That is why I would be extremely grateful to you if you could take part in an ongoing dialogue, in an ongoing discussion, so that we can go deeper into the subject, to improve and perfect the Book of Humanity for a safe and happy future for all of us, through successive approaches. Thus, there could be a final edition, for which all of us will essentially be co-authors, and which will contain the final proposal that we will implement all together, as one person, for a better world. I would be extremely happy if you would accept this invitation. In the proposed dialogue, all the inhabitants of the planet will be able to take part, to express their opinions concerning how the planet as a whole should be governed, how we should establish the course for the whole of mankind. If we do that, then we will have created the conditions for a new worldwide universal collaboration, in which all together, with wisdom, kindness and courage, we will join in the struggle for a better life. If this happens, then we will see days of prosperity and happiness, which man has never before dreamed of. We note that the proposed dialogue can be carried out thanks to modern technology (post, telephone, fax, e-mail, webpage, blog, etc.). If there is a great response to the proposed dialogue, then we will have an avalanche of ideas and views which will contribute decisively to the formulation of a proposal, which on one hand will be thorough and, on the other, will have the broadest possible consensus and acceptance. The quest for the optimum solution for the course of mankind through a global dialogue is none other than the Book of Humanity in practice. This practice is not simply within the context of the Book of Humanity, but is the very essence of the Book of Humanity. Because it is as clear as day that the Book of Humanity could not be compiled otherwise, but first to listen to and take into account everyone’s opinions and views. Besides, on many points of the book, we emphasize repeatedly that mankind cannot go ahead in any other way but only when 6 all the people of Earth hold hands and form an unbreakable chain of cooperation, solidarity and togetherness. If we do that, then we can have serious hopes of creating a better life for all of us. I feel that the Book of Humanity falls short in some ways, such as, for example, in matters of thoroughness, severity and complete formulation of concepts and issues. Moreover, it is to be expected that they will contain some errors, imperfections, inconsistencies, pointless repetitions, as well as wording that may be contradictory, which may be misinterpreted etc., so I ask in advance for your understanding and tolerance. I confess that the road from the idea to the written word has been an uphill and rough one and I have the feeling that, in this area, the book you are holding in your hands falls very short of a good presentation. I hope that each succeeding edition will be better than the preceding one. In the context of the dialogue we propose, we can start out now as follows: If in this year’s edition which you are holding in your hands you find errors or inaccuracies or you observe awkward or inelegant wording of views or if you have objections to subjects that are discussed or which are not sufficiently elaborated in the book, or if you want to suggest the addition of new subjects, evidence, examples, photographs, pictures, sayings or anything else, or even if you want to contribute as an expert on any of the subjects, or generally, if you want to make any suggestion or to propose new ideas, I would be extremely grateful if you would take the trouble to contact me. These remarks will be taken seriously into consideration in the next edition which is expected to be published in a few years from now. The same will be repeated in ensuing editions until we arrive at the definitive (final) edition. If you want to take part in this dialogue, you can communicate with me at the address, telephone number, FAX number, or e-mail address below. I thank you warmly in advance. 7 Address: Paraskevas N. Paraskevopoulos President of the non-profit Philocosmy Association of Greece 122 Kykladon Street 15562 Holargos, ATHENS, GREECE Tel. & Fax: 211-010-9432 E-mail address: [email protected] Web page : www.bookofhumanity.org 8 CONCISE TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE WHO ARE WE REALLY? CHAPTER 1 Our knowledge about the universe CHAPTER 2 Our knowledge about life CHAPTER 3 The threat of great disasters for mankind and our planet CHAPTER 4 The threat of collapse of universal values CHAPTER 5 The threat of increasing inhumanity PART TWO WHAT SHOULD OUR GOALS BE? CHAPTER 6 The new ideal person: the free thinker CHAPTER 7 The new social person: he who will live in the tri-level of knowledge-consciousness-happiness CHAPTER 8 The new political person: he who will put planetary interests above local interests CHAPTER 9 The new religious person: the person with free religious sentiment CHAPTER 10 The new economic person: he who will rein in his greed CHAPTER 11 The philocosmer: he who will be constantly fighting for a better world CHAPTER 12 Our overall goal: the State of Philocosmy PART THREE HOW WILL WE ACHIEVE OUR GOALS? CHAPTER 13 Scientific way of governing the planet: the Book of Humanity as a global controller CHAPTER 14 The Cosmotheory of Philocosmy and the Philocosmic Enlightenment CHAPTER 15 The philocosmic governance of our planet CHAPTER 16 Man’s “Intelligent Design” 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages PROLOGUE 21 Introduction 21 The Book of Humanity: Man’s “Intelligent Design” 25 PART ONE WHO ARE WE REALLY? 41 CHAPTER 1 OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE 45 A first, simple look at the universe 45 Our solar system 47 Unit of measurement of distances in the universe: the light year 56 The origin and evolution of the universe 57 The future of the universe 62 The death of the stars 64 The stars are enormous nuclear plants 67 Matter and forces in the universe 69 The evolution of man’s knowledge about the universe 72 Are we alone in the universe? 81 The anthropic principle 87 CHAPTER 2 OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIFE 92 The origin and evolution of life 92 The theory of evolution and DNA 100 1. The theory of evolution based on natural selection 102 2. DNA 103 The mind and science 110 1. Introduction 110 2. The function of the brain 112 3. The body and the spirit 114 10 4. Consciousness and will 119 The unintentional and intentional evolution of life 125 CHAPTER 3 THE THREAT OF GREAT DISASTERS FOR MANKIND AND OUR PLANET 130 Introduction 130 The calamity of war 132 1. Nuclear warfare 132 2. Chemical warfare 138 3. Biological warfare 139 4. The history of man’s destructive power 144 5. The most important wars of mankind 148 The destruction of the environment 150 1. The pollution of the atmosphere 150 2. Global warming of the planet or the greenhouse effect 151 3. The holes in the ozone layer 152 4. The pollution of the environment by military as well as peaceful uses of atomic energy 152 5. The pollution of the soil 152 6. The destruction of the forests 154 7. The Earth’s climate 156 8. The thoughtless use of water 156 9. Acid rain 157 10. The pollution of the seas 158 11.

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