Stellar Acceleration: The Development of Biological Consciousness

Abstract

Astrophysical evidence is presented that supports the Strong Anthropic Principle: that the universe has self-organized to increase the likelihood of biological conscious life emerging on planetary surfaces. One significant relevant phenomenon is Parenago’s Discontinuity. Less massive, cooler,  long-lived stars such as our Sun move a bit faster in their galactic orbits than massive, hot stars destined to become supernova at the end of their relatively short main sequence lives. It is now very likely that Parenago’s discontinuity is a universal rather than local phenomenon. A recent discovery indicates that cooler, less massive stars increase their galactic velocities as they age. Because large spiral galaxies gain mass as they age as they absorb dwarf galaxies, Parenago’s Discontinuity and stellar acceleration conspire to isolate stars with potential life-bearing planets from more massive stars likely to explode as life-threatening supernova. Proposed methods of stellar acceleration are reviewed as is the work of some other authors who have discussed evidence for self-organization at astrophysical levels.