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Manifesto
of the Cosmic Fabrication Hypothesis by the Druid Finn 1. The Principle of the Planetary Assembly Plant The Cosmic Fabrication Hypothesis asserts that
planets, such as Earth, are transient chemical elements assembly plants
in a galactic supply chain. ·
They receive pre-adapted components — forged after
the Big Bang, in stellar cores, supernovae, and cosmic collisions — as raw
stock. ·
They organize this stock into increasingly
complex, self-regulating and self-replicating systems. ·
They operate only for a finite production run
before environmental constraints shut down their capacity. In human terms, Earth’s “run” is ~8 billion years; in
cosmic terms, a momentary engagement. 2. Redefining “Organ” for the CFH We redefine organ not as a purely biological
structure, but as: Organ (CFH definition): A
self-contained, bounded, hence identifiable system of matter–energy with
intrinsic stability, a specific functional output, and a role in the
operation of a larger assembly network. 2.1 Levels of CFH Organs ·
Atomic Organs: Chemical elements (i.e.
Hadrons), each an energy-bound configuration (quarks → nucleons →
nuclei + electrons) with specific interaction rules. ·
Molecular Organs:
Assemblies of atomic organs into functional units (amino acids, nucleotides,
phospholipids) capable of higher-order interactions. ·
Biological Organs:
Specialized multicellular structures performing survival-critical functions
in an organism. ·
Planetary Organs:
Planetary subsystems (atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere) that
support the assembly process. All are bounded, all produce outputs, and all serve
functions within nested assembly hierarchies. 3. Adaptation as a Cosmic Process In biology, organs are shaped by evolution. In physics,
atomic (actually hadronic because splittable) organs are shaped by nucleosynthetic
adaptation: ·
Stable nuclei survive cosmic conditions; unstable
isotopes decay into stability. ·
Chemical properties are fixed by electron
configurations, themselves emergent from the nuclear architecture. ·
Over billions of years, the universe has refined
its parts list to the stable and semi-stable atomic organs we observe today. Thus, Earth’s “factory floor” is stocked with cosmic
organs (as pre-production outputs/transmission, indeed detritus) that
have already passed a universal quality-control process. 4. Energy: The Battery Metaphor ·
Biological organ/unit:
Rechargeable battery — cycles energy through metabolism. ·
Atomic organ/unit: One-way
battery — releases stored binding energy via decay, reaction, or photon
emission; once discharged, it changes form. ·
Both are bounded (meaning confined, thus
defined) energy systems whose outputs drive the
larger system’s functions. 5. The Role of the Planetary “Big Tent” Aggregated Earth, as a Big (Circus = Procedure) Tent
assembly plant, integrates countless organs/modular elements across
all levels: ·
Atomic organs like carbon, phosphorus,
and iron serve as the standard parts bin. ·
Planetary organs like
oceans and atmosphere create the operating environment. ·
Biological organs within
organisms act as specialized machines in the production chain. Given expedient conditions, and which are
unpredictable, the tent/plant/assembly is pitched, the lights are on, and the
show runs until the star’s evolution or planetary conditions close the plant.
This
view was originally proposed by the Shakyamuni Buddha. 6. The Transience Doctrine Under the CFH: ·
No assembly plant is permanent. (A.k.a. anicca, the Buddha’s
view) ·
Every Big Tent folds, the aggregate
disintegrates, when its production run ends. ·
The aggregates — photons, quarks, bosons, atoms
(hadrons), molecules, even organisms — are dispersed back into the cosmic
inventory, ready for aggregation as the next assembly plant. What appears as permanence in human time is an
ephemeral flicker in the cosmic schedule. 7. Implications ·
Life, a transmission system, is a
blind, automatic self-emerging procedure observed as ever changing discretely
discontinuous process, not a fixed and permanent possession. ·
The continuity lies in the re-use, or
reintegration of chemical elements, not the preservation of any single chemical
assembly. ·
Search for life beyond Earth must target assemblies
(of matter) in operation — planets with active self-assembly operations—
rather than only seeking to import products. 8. Closing Declaration We, adherents of the Cosmic Fabrication Hypothesis,
affirm: 1. All
matter is organized into organs — bounded, functional units (or
quanta) serving larger assemblies. 2. Planetary
life is one phase of a larger, recursive complex systems fabrication process. 3. The
transient nature of assembly plants is not failure, but a phase in the universal
procedure of cosmic renewal and differentiation. The Big Tent will close; the parts will move on; the
show will play again elsewhere. The Cosmic Self-assembly Hypothesis
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