In existographies, Paul Chefurka (c.1960-) is a Canadian sustainability activist, noted for []
Overview
In 2013, Chefurka, in his series of online articles, e.g. “A Thermodynamic Answer to Fermi’s Paradox” (Ѻ), introduced concepts such as “thermodynamic footprint”, which he defines as the “ratio of all the energy a person normally uses in a period of time, over the amount of energy they generate within their bodies from food” (Ѻ), on his journey towards understanding how the characteristics of living systems (animate systems), including humans and their social behavior, are shaped by the operation of thermodynamics; a representative quote of which is as follows: [1]
“The extension of thermodynamic principles into the traditionally human realms of politics and anthropology is still a very new idea, and is fenced around with taboos over questions like free will and determinism.”
He builds on stock authors such as: Ilya Prigogine, Erwin Schrodinger, Eric Schneider, James Kay, Howard Odum, Eric Chaisson, among others. [2]
New age
A noted downside of the Chefurka's site is that it is stitched together with new age and or Eastern mysticism theories, such as: Buddhism, soul psychology, spiritual psychology, etc.
References
1. Chefurka, Paul. (2013). “A Thermodynamic Reading List”, PaulChefurka.ca, Nov 9.
2. Chefurka, Paul. (2013). “Thermodynamic Critique”, PaulChefurka.ca, Oct 18.
External links
● Paul Chefurka – YouTube.
