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The realm of human consciousness and mental activity particularly with respect to influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution.

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  • I completely agree with you, John, that the idea of the noosphere is fascinating.
  • The layer of thought in the shape of a sphere they called the noosphere, from Greek noos, mind.
  • It's all part of an evolving landscape or "noosphere" of interconnected folk trying to make sense of their world.
  • Indeed, as one now writes, or blogs, on the Internet, who can say that the idea of a "noosphere" may have been somewhat prescient than
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