Table of Contents

Preface

1. Scientific Theories and Laws

2. The First Decade (1936-1946)

3. Relativity

4. The Second Decade (1946-1956)

5. Quantum Mechanics

6. The Third Decade (1956-1966)

7. The Big Bang

8. The Fourth Decade (1966-1976)

9. The Non-Bang

10. The Fifth Decade (1976-1986)

11. The Never-Bang

12. The Sixth Decade (1986-1996)

13. Evolution

14. The Seventh Decade (1996-2006)

15. The Theory of More than Everything

16. The Eighth Decade (2006-2016)

17. Now What?

18. The Ninth Decade (2016-2026)

Appendix A Paintings

Appendix B TTOMTE and a Steady State Universe

Appendix C Musical Compositions

Bibliography

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  1. Between these two times, the laws of the universe have to stop. If not, then during the period when matter and energy are disappearing, the current changes we see have to mix with the new law of extinction.
  2. The universe can totally disappear in a zero amount of time, something we never accept for any other change, especially such a huge one.

We won't bother coming up with more assumptions to save FP2 since hardly anyone considers it a possibility.

This is not a likely choice because scientific laws need to change after a time.

FP3 - ANY PIECE OF MATTER/ENERGY CAN DISAPPEAR ANYWHERE

By saying any little piece of the universe can disappear anywhere is about as non-specific as you can get. FP3 hasn't occurred to most people, and we'll need more than the rule of minimum assumptions to sell it. How does FP3 compare to the FP1 and FP2?

Linked with PP3, this third choice doesn't suffer from the defects of the others. Origins and extinctions are all part of Kapp's theory. With PP3, if any particle can come into existence at any time, then it's reasonable to suppose any particle can go out of existence at any time. We can test the theory, but its real power will be obvious when we get into its explanations for existing puzzles.

To move forward with Kapp's ideas, we will accept PP3 and FP3 based on the fewest assumptions and see where this combination leads.

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Sections

WHAT RULE ABOUT THEORIES

EXISTENCE OF THE UNIVERSE

HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER

HAS EXISTED FOR ONLY A WHILE

ANY PIECE CAN APPEAR ANY TIME

WILL LAST FOREVER

WILL DISAPPEAR AT SOME POINT

ANY PIECE CAN DISAPPEAR

WHAT HAPPENS THEN

CAN WE EXPLAIN GRAVITY

CAN WE EXPLAIN GALAXIES/STARS

HOW TO FORM PLANETS

DISAPPEARING EXPLAINS MUCH

FINAL THOUGHTS

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