Outline

On origins of evolution:
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- The Question
Setting out main question of this book: where evolution came from? How would gene, unit of evolution, will originate from the known laws of physics.

The main premise of the book, 
We know that the theory of evolution explains the origin of species or in more colloquial language the origin of life on this planet. This story is about the question of what is the origin of evolution itself.

Throughout the history of science and quite often human history, we, as culture of humans all looking for singular explanation for all things we observe around us. First of all we are looking for singular explanation because we impatient for the one and only answer that would explain everything.

We all intuitively perceive an intrinsic order to things around, how the parts of the observable world fit each other nearly perfectly. In terms of laws of nature, energy does not appear or disappear, for every action there is opposite reaction, and chaos and entropy do have an order to them and governed by laws of thermodynamics.

But why do things have to have an order to them? And why this order has to be singular. Why there are more than one set of conflicting rules. Why are we not consumed by chaos.

A Darwinian evolution in it is classical definition represents a model where living organisms originate and perish by themselves, without a grand design plan or a designer. It is markedly different from how we perceive construction and destruction processes in everyday life. Engineers build a building or a car using design plans. More precisely, in darwinian evolution, organism use selection principle as their plan. The rest of designs originate of their own in the process of brutal trial and error.

- The Problems
Breaking the question into concrete problems: how evolution originates from laws of physics, evolution effects on our understanding of universe, evolution effects on modern human history
- Evolution and entropy
How evolution originates from laws of physics? Connection to entropy
- Evolution and fine tuning
How evolution creates fine tuning in nature
- Evolution algorithms
Overview of evolution strategies and algorithms in nature and in modern history
- Modern forecasting systems
Overview of modern human systems based on evolutionary principles
- What lies beneath
Discussion of what could lie beneath evolution

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