Purpose

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Introduction

The Universe (Ch.7)

1. What We See In The Sky
2. The Expanding Universe
3. What Happened After The Big Bang
4. The Life Of A Typical Star
5. The Earth
6. What Started It All?

Summary

Endnotes

Life (Ch.8)

1. Possible Origins Of Life On Earth
2. Development Of Life On Earth
3. Evolution
4. The Probability That Life Exists Elsewhere
5. Intelligent Life

Summary

Endnotes

Looking For A Purpose (Ch.9)

1. Can We Adopt The Universe's Purpose?
2. Can We Use Life's Purpose?
3. Learning And Purpose
4. What Purpose Can We Use?

Summary

Endnotes

Life And Exploiting (Ch.10)

1. The Behaviour Of Living Things
2. Energy And Life
3. Life's Beginning
4. Exploiting
5. Complexity, Intelligence And Evolution

Summary

Endnotes

Conclusion To Part Three

Postscripts

1. Gödel’s Theorem, General Systems Theory, and The Conservation Laws
2. Origin Theory Modifications

Links to other parts

Part One. Thinking And Moral Problems

Part Two. Religions And Their Source

Part Four. Developing A Universal Religion