We often imagine that our planet might be a sentient entity - Gaia - but could something like this evolve under known science? And might a conscious world be something we might create in the future?

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Sentient Planets & World Consciousnesses

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Episode 312a, October 17, 2021

Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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