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Even If We Don't Have A Precise Idea Of Exactly What Took Place At The Beginning, We Can At Least See That The Origin Of The Universe From Nothing Need Not Be Unlawful Or Unnatural Or Unscientific.

Traditionally, Scientists Have Treated The Laws Of Physics As Simply 'given,' Elegant Mathematical Relationships That Were Somehow Imprinted On The Universe At Its Birth, And Fixed Thereafter. Inquiry Into The Origin And Nature Of The Laws Was Not Regarded As A Proper Part Of Science.

Man-made Computers Are Limited In Their Performance By Finite Processing Speed And Memory. So, Too, The Cosmic Computer Is Limited In Power By Its Age And The Finite Speed Of Light.

The Secret Of Life Does Not Lie In Its Chemical Basis . . . Life Succeeds Precisely Because It Evades Chemical Imperatives.

The Vast Majority Of Terrestrial Species Are In Fact Microbes, And Scientists Have Only Begun Scratching The Surface Of The Microbial Realm. It Is Entirely Possible That Examples Of Life As We Don't Know It Have So Far Been Overlooked.