1. Scientific Theories and Laws
2. The First Decade (1936-1946)
4. The Second Decade (1946-1956)
6. The Third Decade (1956-1966)
8. The Fourth Decade (1966-1976)
10. The Fifth Decade (1976-1986)
12. The Sixth Decade (1986-1996)
14. The Seventh Decade (1996-2006)
15. The Theory of More than Everything
16. The Eighth Decade (2006-2016)
18. The Ninth Decade (2016-2026)
Appendix A Paintings
Appendix B TTOMTE and a Steady State Universe
Appendix C Musical Compositions
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Ages ago, we started naming things like the furry, friendly creatures hanging around the cave. They spent most of the day taking catnaps, so we called them "nap cats." When they weren't sleeping, they'd chase, catch, and play with some mousey-looking critters. We figured we might come up with a name for the little, mousey animals too someday.
Big, not-so-friendly creatures slinked around outside the cave. Some were striped, some were spotted, and some were black. They looked sort of like the nap cats with the same tails, legs, fur, eyes, and whiskers, so we called them "humungous cats" (humungous meaning one who doesn't take naps). We liked naming things; we named ourselves "the walking-know-it-alls."
Eventually, we noticed we didn't like hanging out with some of the other walking-know-it-alls. They were much hairier, had tails, and mumbled without saying anything, so we called them something else. We'd say, "Look, here comes a walking-doesn't-know-so-much." We also noticed the humungous cats not getting along with the nap cats in our caves or even with each other for that matter, so we started renaming the big ones calling them tigers, leopards, and cougars. Like us, names started multiplying all over the place. Too bad we didn't write down all their titles, but we were too busy trying not to be chased, caught, and played with.
Now, in the present day, we identify a separate species by its inability to mate with another (as one method of telling the difference). For instance, a cat can't mate with a dog. However, we do have exceptions. A male ass and female horse (two different species) can create a hybrid, a mule; however, a mule can't create more mules (tough luck, mule). That's no way to start another species anyway as we will show later.
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