Journeyman Philosopher

A while ago I visited the Royal Tyrell Museum with a couple of friends. While there I stumbled upon something that made me think and I felt it would be appropriate to share it with you here.

In relevance to the lifeboat or spaceship analogy I have spoken of in the past I came across a display explaining the different shapes of the continents of the past present and future. I took some pictures and they follow:

The first image, all of which you can click on to download the file, represents the earth a very long time ago about when star wars was set! The second image represents the present earth and hopefully looks familiar to most of you. The third image is  the possible future earth quite a while in the future.

What I wanted to bring into question and bring to contemplation was our idea and concept of coutries and continents set in stone (pun intended).

When we go about our daily lives issues of the nature of the changing globe, due to its miniscule nature, may not be that important.  However I think it is simply an interesting concept to place in mind.

What happens when a Canadian store is moved over the border into the states through an earthquake? Who owns it? Does it change the owners rights?

A common observation made by astronauts is that seeing the earth externally makes them forget about borders. Relevance could be made of this point. A mediator is used to ensure fairness between two parties. They are valuable because they are impartial, because they are separate from the situation.

I don’t mean to advance any point although I have started already. I just wanted to put these questions out there to think about.

What do you think?