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Science: Geology
Category - Science:Geology   (+1)  [vote for, against]
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-- 8th of 7, Jun 02 2011

Neolithic cosmological engineering https://books.googl...ineering%22&f=false
Mentioned in my anno [notexactly, Feb 03 2019]

Avi Loeb's Cosmic Engineering paper https://www.cfa.har...~loeb/Photos/en.pdf
Mentioned in my anno [notexactly, Feb 03 2019]

what do you want to put in there?
-- po, Jun 02 2011


Coal.

And maybe the lawnmower.
-- 8th of 7, Jun 02 2011


tsk.
-- po, Jun 02 2011


Well this idea could go in there for a start.
-- pocmloc, Jun 02 2011


Science:Geology:Optical Devices:Toast:Bagles: extra crunchy
-- Voice, Jun 02 2011


sp. bagless
-- pocmloc, Jun 02 2011


//what do you want to put in there?// Fossils, of course. To confound atheistical paleontologists.
-- mouseposture, Jun 03 2011


That would be palaeontology.

Stuff from 'Strata' - aha! I've got one.
-- nineteenthly, Jun 03 2011


We need a science:cosmological engineering category. That will take care of everything. After all, what are we more concerned with: understanding how something works or harnessing it for unprecedented consequence?
-- daseva, Jun 03 2011


[19thly] Good catch. Yes, I specifically had in mind the boot in the coal measure.
-- mouseposture, Jun 03 2011


If you build a better category, halfbaked ideas will beat a path to its door.
-- nineteenthly, Jun 03 2011


Good point.

There's a category "home: pest control: trap" which is generically OK, but there really should be a category, "Halfbakery: Mousetrap: Better"
-- 8th of 7, Jun 04 2011


// We need a science:cosmological engineering category. //

I second that. It's even been practised since Neolithic times: [link]

However, I'd say we also need a cosmic engineering category. AIUI, while cosmological engineering attempts to affect or control the cosmos itself, cosmic engineering [link] merely affects or controls smaller things in reaction to or anticipation of cosmic behaviors. Conflation and inflation probably don't go well together.
-- notexactly, Feb 03 2019



random, halfbakery