Purpose
What Evolution and Human Nature Imply About the Meaning of Our Existence
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Generations have been taught that evolution implies there is no overarching purpose to our existence. Some scientists take this logic one step further, suggesting that evolution is intrinsically atheistic and goes against the concept of God.
But is this true?
By integrating emerging principles from a variety of scientific disciplines—ranging from evolutionary biology to psychology—Yale Professor Samuel Wilkinson provides a framework of evolution that implies not only that there is an overarching purpose to our existence, but what this purpose is.
Nature seems to have endowed us with competing dispositions, what Wilkinson calls the dual potential of human nature. When we couple this with the observation that we possess a measure of free will, all this strongly implies there is a universal purpose to our existence.
Our life is a test. From a certain framework, these aspects of human nature—including how evolution shaped us—are evidence for the existence of a God, not against it.
What is the meaning of life? Based on the scientific data, it would seem that one such meaning is to develop deep and abiding relationships. This is a function of our evolution.
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- De Oliver en 01-17-24
De: George Musser
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One Garden Against the World
- In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate
- De: Kate Bradbury
- Narrado por: Kate Bradbury
- Duración: 8 h
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General5 out of 5 stars 4
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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One Garden Against the World is a call to action for all of us – gardeners, communities and individuals – to do more for wildlife and more for the climate. Climate change and biodiversity loss go hand in hand, but if we work together, it’s never too late to make a difference.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love
- De Kenzie en 05-19-25
De: Kate Bradbury
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The Human Tide
- How Population Shaped the Modern World
- De: Paul Morland
- Narrado por: Zeb Soanes
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
The rise and fall of the British Empire; the emergence of America as a superpower; the ebb and flow of global challenges from Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Soviet Russia. These are the headlines of history, but they cannot be properly grasped without understanding the role that population has played. The Human Tide shows how periods of rapid population transition - a phenomenon that first emerged in the British Isles but gradually spread across the globe - shaped the course of world history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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dry
- De Ralph C. en 05-02-19
De: Paul Morland
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The Genesis Book
- The Story of the People and Projects That Inspired Bitcoin
- De: Aaron van Wirdum
- Narrado por: Christian Neale
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 26
Bitcoin did not appear out of nowhere. For decades prior to Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention, a diverse group of computer scientists, privacy activists, and heterodox economists tried to create a digital form of money that could operate independently of government control. The Genesis Book tells the story of the people and projects that inspired the invention of the world’s first successful peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Bitcoin cypherpunk history
- De Daniel's Deals en 06-21-25
De: Aaron van Wirdum
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Index, a History of The
- A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
- De: Dennis Duncan
- Narrado por: Neil Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 31
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. In the pages of the index, we might find "Butchers, to be avoided", or "Cows that shite Fire", or even catch "Calvin in his chamber with a Nonne". Here, for the first time, is the secret world of the index: an unsung but extraordinary everyday tool, with an illustrious but little-known past.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Maybe a book that should be read rather than listened to
- De Amazon Customer en 11-09-22
De: Dennis Duncan
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The Longest Minute
- The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
- De: Matthew J. Davenport
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately forty-eight seconds, shock waves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to death, and trapped many alive. Matthew Davenport draws on letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs, and previously unearthed archival records, as well as interviews with engineers and geologists, to combine history and science to tell the dramatic true story of one of the greatest disasters in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History told from those who survived
- De BamaState en 12-26-23
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Our Fragile Moment
- How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis
- De: Michael E. Mann
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
The conditions that allowed humans to live on this earth are fragile, incredibly so. Climate variability has at times created new niches that humans or their ancestors could potentially exploit, and challenges that at times have spurred innovation. But there’s a relatively narrow envelope of climate variability within which human civilization remains viable. And our survival depends on conditions remaining within that range. In this book, renowned climate scientist Michael Mann will arm listeners with the knowledge necessary to appreciate the gravity of the unfolding climate crisis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- De R.C. Olson en 12-30-24
De: Michael E. Mann
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The River of Consciousness
- De: Oliver Sacks
- Narrado por: Dan Woren, Kate Edgar
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 226
A collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks' passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important but Less Interesting
- De Michael en 11-16-17
De: Oliver Sacks
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Bake & Pray
- Liturgies and Recipes for Baking Bread as a Spiritual Practice
- De: Kendall Vanderslice
- Narrado por: Kendall Vanderslice
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
As you follow the steps to bake bread―whether you are a lifelong baker or intimidated by the thought of yeast―you will learn something about the character of God and the life of faith. In Bake & Pray, you will get not only a practical understanding of how to bake bread, but also receive a deeper appreciation for the ways God can shape you in the process.
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5 out of 5 stars
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liturgies and the gospel mixed throughout
- De Steve & Evie Wesner en 01-12-25
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Crossing the Borders of Time
- A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed
- De: Leslie Maitland
- Narrado por: Leslie Maitland
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 213
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 210
Leslie Maitland is an award-winning former New York Times investigative reporter whose mother and grandparents fled Germany in 1938 for France, where, as Jews, they spent four years as refugees—the last two under risk of Nazi deportation. In 1942 they made it onto the last boat to escape France before the Germans sealed the harbors. Then, barred from entering the United States, they lived in Cuba for almost two years before immigrating to New York.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I didn't want it to end..absolutely wonderful!
- De Ellen en 05-07-12
De: Leslie Maitland
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Lucid Dying
- The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death
- De: Sam Parnia MD PhD
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Today, for the first time in history, the scientific exploration of death and what happens when we die is real, active and ongoing. Contrary to popular perceptions, this subject is no longer the remit of philosophy, religion, or personal opinion. Truly remarkable scientific discoveries that will fundamentally affect everyone’s lives now and in the future are taking place, yet very few people are aware of them. Most people—including scientists and doctors—maintain strong beliefs about death and its experience. Those beliefs are rooted in traditional, and often cultural, notions of death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excited to See Scientific Rigor Applied to This Vital Topic
- De Mav en 08-27-24
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Civilized to Death
- The Price of Progress
- De: Christopher Ryan
- Narrado por: Christopher Ryan
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,389
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,092
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,089
Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending - balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at constant war, a political system in disarray. We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: Civilization is humankind’s greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Count your blessings. You’re lucky to be alive here and now. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the "progress" defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I couldn't stop listening.
- De Andrew in Ohio en 10-08-19
De: Christopher Ryan
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Life as No One Knows It
- The Physics of Life's Emergence
- De: Sara Imari Walker
- Narrado por: Sara Imari Walker
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like. In Life as No One Knows It, physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that solving the origin of life requires radical new thinking and an experimentally testable theory for what life is.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating thought patterns
- De John linden en 09-10-24
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Turning to Stone
- Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
- De: Marcia Bjornerud
- Narrado por: Rebecca Stern
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 33
Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks. Yet most of us live our lives on the planet with no idea of its extraordinary history, unable to interpret the language of the rocks that surround us. Geologist Marcia Bjornerud believes that our lives can be enriched by understanding our heritage on this old and creative planet. Contrary to their reputation, rocks have eventful lives—and they intersect with our own in surprising ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very unusual book by a profound writer
- De F Shaw en 09-17-24
De: Marcia Bjornerud
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Metazoa
- Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
- De: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Narrado por: Mitch Riley, Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 261
Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom — the Metazoa— they can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Philosophy Meets Biology
- De aaron en 01-22-21
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Mapping the Deep
- Innovation, Exploration, and the Dive of a Lifetime
- De: Dawn J. Wright, Kathryn D. Sullivan - foreword
- Narrado por: Gwen Steel, Dawn J. Wright
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one-fifth of the seabed has been mapped in high resolution. As an ocean scientist and explorer, Dawn has made it her mission to change that.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story
- De Nikki Feather en 06-10-25
De: Dawn J. Wright, y otros
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Waves in an Impossible Sea
- How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
- De: Matt Strassler
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human experience, and empty space. He begins with a simple mystery of motion. When we drive at highway speeds with the windows down, the wind beats against our faces. Yet our planet hurtles through the cosmos at 150 miles per second, and we feel nothing of it. How can our voyage be so tranquil when, as Einstein discovered, matter warps space, and space deflects matter? The answer, Strassler reveals, is that empty space is a sea, albeit a paradoxically strange one.
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2 out of 5 stars
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No pdf
- De Mark en 01-14-25
De: Matt Strassler
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The Disordered Cosmos
- A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
- De: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
- Narrado por: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 421
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One of the leading physicists of her generation, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is also one of fewer than one hundred Black American women to earn a PhD from a department of physics. Her vision of the cosmos is vibrant, buoyantly nontraditional, and grounded in Black and queer feminist lineages. Dr. Prescod-Weinstein urges us to recognize how science, like most fields, is rife with racism, misogyny, and other forms of oppression. She lays out a bold new approach to science and society, beginning with the belief that we all have a fundamental right to know and love the night sky.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning
- De Amazon Customer en 04-05-21
Remarkably Well Written
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