Earth's organisms developed via evolution. What if the cosmos did, too?
Summary
The author discusses their speculative cosmology piece 'Blowtorch Theory,' which extends Lee Smolin's theory of cosmological natural selection, and shares a Smithsonian Magazine overview of the emerging field of evolutionary cosmology.
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