Tim Coulson

Science has made astonishing progress in working out why it is we exist. With each passing year, we have a better understanding of all the remarkable things that had to happen from the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago until now.

Science has made astonishing progress in working out why it is we exist. With each passing year, we have a better understanding of all the remarkable things that had to happen from the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago until now.

Science has made astonishing progress in working out why it is we exist. With each passing year, we have a better understanding of all the remarkable things that had to happen from the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago until now.

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So I think so. I think over the last, say, 50 to 100 years, science has made astonishing progress in working out why it is we exist. In particular, all the things that had to happen for us to be here. I don't want to kid anyone that it has all the answers. There's still quite a lot to find out. But yeah, with each passing year, we're finding out a little bit more.

So I think so. I think over the last, say, 50 to 100 years, science has made astonishing progress in working out why it is we exist. In particular, all the things that had to happen for us to be here. I don't want to kid anyone that it has all the answers. There's still quite a lot to find out. But yeah, with each passing year, we're finding out a little bit more.

So I think so. I think over the last, say, 50 to 100 years, science has made astonishing progress in working out why it is we exist. In particular, all the things that had to happen for us to be here. I don't want to kid anyone that it has all the answers. There's still quite a lot to find out. But yeah, with each passing year, we're finding out a little bit more.

and we have a better understanding of all the remarkable things that had to happen from the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago until now.

and we have a better understanding of all the remarkable things that had to happen from the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago until now.

and we have a better understanding of all the remarkable things that had to happen from the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago until now.

So it's true that lots of things had to happen. And so without going through them all, but the universe first of all had to form, and it did so as a pinprick of intense energy. And some of that energy then converted into matter. So things called quarks and electrons. And over time they formed atoms and then molecules and we had stars and then the earth formed and life had to form.

So it's true that lots of things had to happen. And so without going through them all, but the universe first of all had to form, and it did so as a pinprick of intense energy. And some of that energy then converted into matter. So things called quarks and electrons. And over time they formed atoms and then molecules and we had stars and then the earth formed and life had to form.

So it's true that lots of things had to happen. And so without going through them all, but the universe first of all had to form, and it did so as a pinprick of intense energy. And some of that energy then converted into matter. So things called quarks and electrons. And over time they formed atoms and then molecules and we had stars and then the earth formed and life had to form.

And then there were various steps that had to occur for us to come about. And if one or two of those things hadn't happened, it's entirely possible we wouldn't be here. However, the universe is also so incalculably vast that if we look across the whole universe, it seems probable that intelligent life evolved at least once, or we know it evolved once, but it may have evolved many times.

And then there were various steps that had to occur for us to come about. And if one or two of those things hadn't happened, it's entirely possible we wouldn't be here. However, the universe is also so incalculably vast that if we look across the whole universe, it seems probable that intelligent life evolved at least once, or we know it evolved once, but it may have evolved many times.

And then there were various steps that had to occur for us to come about. And if one or two of those things hadn't happened, it's entirely possible we wouldn't be here. However, the universe is also so incalculably vast that if we look across the whole universe, it seems probable that intelligent life evolved at least once, or we know it evolved once, but it may have evolved many times.

And I think what science is starting to be able to tell us is some of the likelihoods of some of these events occurring on the grand scale of the entire universe.

And I think what science is starting to be able to tell us is some of the likelihoods of some of these events occurring on the grand scale of the entire universe.