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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The first step, chance, is in control at a very low level in our genes (where the code gets passed along from your parents).
Let's say you have red hair. Somebody: your parents, grandparents, the mailman--somebody had red hair. Or perhaps one of your father's hair-color genes changed by chance when combining with the egg, a genetic change called a mutation; you are a mutant, but congratulations because that might be a good thing. Let's say the shade of red hair you have is very, very attractive.
Now step two takes over which is not chance. All the causes around you affect you in positive or negative ways towards survival. With such attractive hair, it won't be hard to find a mate (all other things being equal). In fact, you might have many mates. Then likely, one or more of your kids or grandkids, etc. will inherit this same beautiful, red hair. If they do, getting dates will be a snap. Eventually, everyone in the whole world will have beautiful, red hair demonstrating how a gene change spreads. Notice we don't have a full species change yet because black-haired people can still mate with the beautiful red-haired people. But why will the red-haired want to mate with the black-haired? I don't know, but I bet they will.
In the above story, the red hair doesn't spread for survival reasons. However, suppose dinosaurs still exist and like to step on everyone except red-haired two-leggers. (The reptiles have a saying, "Step on a red-haired snack, break your mother's back.") That makes red hair good for survival, but a trip to the beauty parlor for a deep rinse might also work.
Many creatures of nature decided to use that very thing, camouflage. Birds learn about bad-tasting butterflies and don't try to eat them. These yucky butterflies do quite well, but what about good-tasting ones? What can they do?
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