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Version 1.3 August 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (Previous
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These are the questions we ask in the introduction (Section 0.1.6 –
paragraph 11):
Without god to control it all, where did all the difference
species of plants and animals come from? How can we have such complex ecosystems,
where every component is dependent on all the others, and couldn’t have evolved
without them? How can we have some complex organs such as eyes and brains,
unless these are designed by a designer? Why do we have sex? What is the
benefit of sex? Why would an uncaring universe develop sex? Why does sex
cause so much trouble? Why is there so much suffering in the world? Why do
animals suffer so much pain? Why do some animals have to eat other animals?
We may refine these as we develop this Chapter.
This chapter covers biology, in just enough detail so that
we can work out what to believe and why, so that we can decide what to do, in
our day to day life, and in the big decisions of life.
We plan to look at how we know what we know under the
following topic headings. For now, we have indicated the questions we intend to
address and the main topics we intend to cover.
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1. Selection Process:
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Isn’t evolution random? How
do we get more complex species?
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2. Evolution Now:
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Can we see evidence of
evolution now?
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Is it
reasonable to break down this area into these topics at this level?
Click on
feedback, or add a comment below, to tell us if you agree or disagree, or
suggest improvements.
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3. Multicellular Life:
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Why do cells cooperate with
each other?
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4. Cell Differentiation:
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How did we get internal organs?
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5. Response to Stimuli:
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How did sense organs develop?
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6. Nervous Systems:
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When nervous systems and
brains start?
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7. Competition:
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Is it just survival of the
fittest?
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8. Cooperation:
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Why do some insects, birds and
mammals act altruistically?
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9. Sexual Differences:
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What good is sex, and how did
sexual differences develop?
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10. Sea Life:
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Worms, fish and other sea life
in the Cambrian period.
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11. Insects:
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Insects in the sea and the
air.
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12. Land Life:
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Amphibians, lizards, dinosaurs
and mammals.
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13. Flying Life:
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Pterodactyls, birds, bats and
other flying creatures.
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This is the current summary of our conclusions in this
area:
Life diversified, from single cells to multicellular
plants and animals; animals evolved into predators and prey; some acquired
nervous systems, giving rise to pleasure and suffering; some evolved into males
and females, acquiring sexual drives, and some evolved cooperation to support
individual survival instincts.
 more (later)                                                             Statement
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The detailed sections explain how we
justify these conclusions.
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● On
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Without Words from Mendelssohn (who died in 1847), Opus 14 Nbr 4, called Contentment. Check it out: the Tenets
conclude most
times, I have a measure of content.
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and Earth’s development. In there somewhere, surely we should be
hearing Gustav
Holst's The Planets, which premiered 100 years ago. There is a movement for
each of the planets.
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