Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin May 1, 1881 – April 10, 1955 was a Society of Jesus Jesuit priest trained as a paleontologist and a philosopher, and was present at the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard de Chardin conceived such ideas as the Omega Point and the Noosphere, which many suggest predicted the internet or something like it.

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