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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EVIDENCE FROM SPACE

(Warning: possible ridicule ahead)

You don't have to worry. The warning is for me because I'm writing about this subject. Anyone with good healthy skepticism can read on without danger.

With all the galaxies we know about, probably trillions of planets can support life. According to de Duve in Chapter Thirteen, if a planet can support life, then it will automatically. If we accept an infinitely old universe, or at least more than fifteen billion years old, won't some of those life forms have evolved much further than we have? Even in the area of technology, how advanced might they be? Think about our last two hundred years. We've gone from walking behind a horse-drawn plow to walking on the moon. If we can keep from blowing ourselves up, where will we be two hundred years from now? One thousand years? One million years? For more obvious physical change, tack on a billion years.

In our galaxy, we fly around one of the younger stars. There can be beings evolving five billion years ahead of us, and they might not be too far away. Therefore we can think, "Anything's possible, but intelligent life somewhere else is not only possible, it's very likely."

To keep you reading this far, I've avoided a particular set of three letters in the science chapters as common as DNA, SOS, and IBM; they are U, F, and O (Unidentified Flying Object). One of our recent presidential candidates made the mistake of saying he'd seen one. On the other hand, another contender implied he was going to win because God wanted him to, another three-letter set candidates should avoid. The talk shows have mentioned these misspokens more than once. Comedians are so thankful politicians exist.

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Sections

CAN SCIENCE DEAL WITH SPIRIT

SCIENCE STUDYING SPIRIT

MEASURING SPIRITUALITY

SEPARATING HEREDITY/CULTURE

GENES NEED NARROWING DOWN

FINDING AND TESTING THE GENE

EXAMPLE OF STUDYING SPIRIT

NOTHING DOES NOT EXIST

DOES EVERYTHING EVOLVE

ASSUMPTIONS

BEGINNING UNIVERSAL EVOLUTION

FROM "NOTHING" TO SOMETHING

FROM SOMETHING TO MATTER

EARLY UNIVERSAL EVOLUTION

FROM MATTER TO EARTH

FROM EARTH TO LIFE

FROM LIFE TO US

FROM US TO SUPERHUMAN












EVIDENCE ON EARTH

EVIDENCE FROM SPACE

FROM SUPERHUMAN TO GOD(S)

THEORY: MORE THAN EVERYTHING

IS THIS A GOOD THEORY

FINAL THOUGHTS

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