World Reading Club [W[R]C]

Cosmic Courage: Why Hawking & Sagan Say Inquiry Is Our Survival Imperative


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Dr. Hakeem Alexander channels Hawking's 'bewildering world' and Sagan's 'courage of questions' to reveal inquiry as humanity's evolutionary toolkit:

๐Ÿ” The Inquiry Imperative

- Beyond curiosity: Systematic decoding of existence's mysteries

- Bridging cosmology (physical mechanics) โ†” metaphysics (purpose/consciousness)

- How questioning reshapes neural pathways (neuroplasticity bonus)

๐ŸŒŒ Existential Rewards

- Cultivates 'cosmic connection' โ†’ environmental stewardship
- Turns theoretical cosmology into daily meaning-making

- Weapon against nihilism in infinite universe

> ๐Ÿง  Practical Alchemy

- 3 inquiry techniques from Aristotle to Hubble

- Why 'answers create bigger questions' (per Sagan)

- Case study: Your thesis as inquiry-in-action

> From Eternal Echoes Chapter 3โ€”where cosmology meets lived philosophy.

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World Reading Club [W[R]C]By Flor Elizabeth Carrasco