[imawlBoli]

hi guys

this is olly if anyone remembers me from the conscious life expo.

i was wondering if anyone has the details of david's lecture on the march 10th.

he said he was going to post details on the site but ether they are tucked away somewhere or they haven't gone up yet?

if you can put them up it will be much appreciated !

thank you all !

love and light.

[K0aM7urg]

i've been looking for information on that as well but i don't think it's gone up yet. it doesn't seem to be on the cal tech public event calendar (that was where it was supposed to be wasn't it).

megan

[imawlBoli]

i think these are the details we is looking for ...

a peculiar silicate-associated phenomenon

date: monday march 10, 2008 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
location: beckman institute auditorium - find on campus map
dan burisch.
marcia mcdowell.
research into the causes and nature of evolutionary processes and the probable volatile origins of life on earth have been accumulating for many years, without sufficient direct and broad evidence linking the darwinian paradigm to the concept of "life origins." data, since 2001, from field and laboratory studies of material collected from frenchman's mountain, in southern nevada, may be yielding such direct evidence. while the present research is novel, it is based in a much longer history of unexplained and (we suggest) misunderstood phenomena, ranging from scholarly studies to much older, arcane reports. the investigators have applied lasers, via trade-secret- protected optics, on material such as clear quartz, natural silicate-containing minerals, and on the silicate-clay, montmorillonite. (there has been a recent resurgence of attention toward montmorillonite for its ability to promote the formation of rna - an integral component to dna-based life.) when such silicate-bearing material was concurrently exposed to saline and a small electrical charge, a peculiar, well-structured and reproduced ionized gas phenomenon was promoted. preliminary studies have shown that organized material emitted from this locality of this "phenomenon," can have a direct effect upon the genomes of nearby microorganisms. while they are open to the suggestions and observations of those in academia and the scientific community, the principal investigators will advance an argument that the phenomenon may imply a novel genome "shuffling" mechanism. if confirmed, and found to be promoted by natural processes, such a mechanism could provide new support for theories involving life origins via self-organizing systems.
lecture or concert series: bioengineering seminar series
for further information: contact linda scott scottl@caltech.edu phone: 6337
sponsored by: bioengineering option