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To: one_less who wrote (850644)	4/17/2015 3:39:50 PM
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because it does not answer the simplest question like," why is there something instead of nothing." It doesn't try; that's not a question for biology. A Mathematical Proof That The Universe Could Have Formed Spontaneously From Nothing Cosmologists assume that natural quantum fluctuations allowed the Big Bang to happen spontaneously. Now they have a mathematical proof medium.com it fails to explain the existence of consciousness Opinions are divided as to where in biological evolution consciousness emerged and about whether or not consciousness has any survival value. It has been argued that consciousness emerged (i) exclusively with the first humans, (ii) exclusively with the first mammals, (iii) independently in mammals and birds, or (iv) with the first reptiles. [99] Other authors date the origins of consciousness to the first animals with nervous systems or early vertebrates in the Cambrian over 500 million years ago. [100] Donald Griffin suggests in his book Animal Minds a gradual evolution of consciousness. [56] Each of these scenarios raises the question of the possible survival value of consciousness. en.wikipedia.org Darwin's Theory of Evolution - The Premise Darwin's Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers -- all related. Darwin's general theory presumes the development of life from non-life and stresses a purely naturalistic (undirected) "descent with modification". That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time - See more at: darwins-theory-of-evolution.com