| Lotman's conceptualization of the semiosphere was inspired by Vernadsky's and Teilhard de Chardin's vision of the biosphere and the noosphere. |
| Why is he wasting time, space and brain cells on the thoughts of Teilhard de Chardin, the Jesuit palaeontologist who wrote a book about something inexplicable called the noosphere? |
| They were the most intelligent animals of their time, but they never developed the use of tools or a memetic noosphere. |
| He foresaw some immense consequences, mostly of the positive kind, that the appearance and development of the noosphere entailed for mankind. |
| How does the noosphere currently integrate the existence and formalization of such professional expertise? |
