People wonder what life is and if there is a God and have many more questions. “The Big Picture” is a book that will explain some of this. Sean Carroll addresses some very important questions we have about life. Carroll says that the laws of physics that govern our lives are completely known. When you find out what’s in this 400 page book, how will you live your life?
Key Takeaways:
- The stories that we tell about objects don’t describe them down to the motions of individual subatomic particles, but they are the most useful ways that we have to talk about people, places and things.
- Carroll argues that the laws of physics that govern everyday life are completely known.
- That bag of particles and chemistry over there is still your wife, son, husband or daughter, with free will and desires.
“Where do we come from? How did we get here? What is life anyway? What is consciousness and where does it come from? Is there a God? More importantly, how would Star Trek’s transporters actually work? These are just some of the subjects that Sean Carroll addresses in The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself.”
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