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Why an '''hippocampus''' has been choosen as the main personage of the '''logo'''...
# He is a very nice little '''animal''' who looks friendly... same as diwiki wants to be...
# He stands up, very much like an human being... and diwiki is all about '''human people'''...
# He swims, he '''navigates'''... same word Latin people use instead of browsing the web or old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator Netscape Navigator] reminiscence... and diwiki is about the web2.0 and much more...
# He navigates leading the way in front of a blue globe... our common world... so doing he helps all of us to build the '''noosphere''' that internet connections make now possible to achieve... that's diwiki supreme target....
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But also hippocampus is an '''anatomical subdivision of the brain''' which plays important roles in...
# '''Long-term memory'''... and diwiki.com is to be a knowledge silo for all of us about the 2.0 revolution...
# '''Spatial navigation'''... and diwiki wants to help people navigate safely to the best of the new 2.0 world...


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= Hippocampus_(genus) =
Seahorses are any species of fish belonging to the genus Hippocampus, which, in turn, belongs to the family Syngnathidae, which also includes pipefish and leafy sea dragons. There are over 47 species of seahorse, mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world.
... The earliest known seahorse fossils ... '''dating back about 13 million years'''. ... When two parties discover a mutual interest at the beginning of breeding season, they '''court for several days''', even while others try to interfere. During this time they have been known to change color, '''swim side by side holding tails''' or grip the same strand of sea grass with their tails and wheel around in unison in what is known as their “pre-dawn dance”. They eventually engage in their “true courtship dance” lasting about 8 hours, ... establishing '''monogamous''' relationships between seahorses. ... Then mating, '''the female seahorse deposits the eggs in the male's pouch''', which the male then internally fertilizes. The male carries the eggs until they emerge, '''expelling fully-developed, miniature seahorses''' in the water. 
: ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_(genus)
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* Spiny seahorse Hippocampus hystrix from East Timor holding on to soft coral with its prehensile tail
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= Hippocampus brain subdivision =
The hippocampus is a '''major component''' of the brains of humans and other mammals. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in '''long-term memory''' and '''spatial navigation'''. Like the cerebral cortex, with which it is closely associated, it is a paired structure, with mirror-image halves in the left and right sides of the brain. In humans and other primates, the hippocampus is located inside the medial temporal lobe, beneath the cortical surface. Its '''curved shape''' reminded early anatomists of the horns of a ram (Cornu Ammonis), or a seahorse. The name was taken by the '''sixteenth century anatomist''' Julius Caesar Aranzi from the '''Greek word''' for seahorse (Greek: ιππος, hippos = horse, καμπος, kampos = sea monster).
: ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus
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* The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. In this lateral view of the human brain, the frontal lobe is at left, the occipital lobe at right, and the temporal and parietal lobes have largely been removed to reveal the hippocampus underneath.
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= Noosphere =
Noosphere (pronounced /ˈnoʊ.ɵsfɪər/; sometimes noösphere), according to the thought of '''Vladimir Vernadsky and Teilhard de Chardin''', denotes the "sphere of human thought". The word is derived from the Greek νοῦς (nous "mind") + σφαῖρα (sphaira "sphere"), in lexical analogy to "atmosphere" and "biosphere". 

In the original theory of Vernadsky, the noosphere is '''the third''' in a succession of phases of development of the Earth and it includes all of the multiverse, '''after the geosphere''' (inanimate matter) '''and the biosphere''' (biological life). Just as the emergence of life fundamentally transformed the geosphere, the emergence of human cognition fundamentally transforms the biosphere. In contrast to the conceptions of the Gaia theorists, or the promoters of cyberspace, Vernadsky's noosphere emerges at the point where humankind, through the mastery of nuclear processes, begins to create resources through the transmutation of elements. It is also currently being researched as part of the '''Princeton Global Consciousness Project'''. ...
The noosphere concept of 'unification' was elaborated in '''popular science fiction''' by Julian May in the Galactic Milieu Series. It is also the reason '''Teilhard is often called the patron saint of the Internet'''. ...
: ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere
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= Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin =
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (French pronunciation: [pjɛʀ tejaʀ də ʃaʀdɛ̃]; '''1 May 1881, Orcines, France – 10 April 1955, New York City''') was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a '''paleontologist and geologist''' and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard conceived the idea of the '''Omega Point''' and developed Vladimir Vernadsky's concept of Noosphere.

Teilhard's primary book, '''The Phenomenon of Man''', set forth a sweeping account of the unfolding of the cosmos. He abandoned traditional interpretations of creation in the Book of Genesis in favor of a less strict interpretation. This displeased certain officials in the Roman Curia and in his own order who thought that it undermined the doctrine of original sin developed by Saint Augustine. Teilhard's position was opposed by his church superiors, and his work was denied publication during his lifetime by the Roman Holy Office. The 1950 encyclical Humani generis condemned several of Teilhard's opinions, while leaving other questions open. In 2009, the Pope praised Teilhard and his work.
: ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin
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* http://www.explorefaith.org/
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