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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 Caps and Bunnies
Appendix C Musical Compositions
Appendix E A Googolplex Universe
Appendix F Acknowledgements
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If the trees wave hard enough, the clouds fall from the sky, bounce on the ground, and make a loud noise. You can even see the sparks when the clouds hit. Not bad, huh? OK, give me a break. I was four.
When I started school at the age of five, I saw a storm from above the ground for the first time. This "Aha" moment sent me back to the drawing board.
We can hold a theory until some new fact or observation proves it's wrong. Then we have to either fix it or throw it away and build something brand new. Scientists get stuck when they don't want to let a precious idea go. Perhaps they've used up too many grants showing a theory to be true, so they try to save it by piling on assumption after assumption.
Try to propose a theory right here and now.
Observations:
Got a thought?
Let's say you develop a theory that your eyes always get tired after reading this book for about one hour. You test your theory by reading the book every day for five days. Sure enough, every time you read the book, your eyes get tired after about one hour. Do these successful tests prove the theory? No, we can never prove a theory. One hundred successful tests can only give evidence and not prove a theory, but one unsuccessful test can disprove it forever. That doesn't sound fair, does it?
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