Summary

Once the first evolving replicator is established, it only needs to be left alone to evolve into ever more fabulous varieties of life.  The trick is to get the replicator in the first place, but in a multiverse of infinite possibility, no matter how unlikely it is, it is inevitable.

Process

Underlying axioms and provisional beliefs:

• The Anthropic Principle
• Skepticism
  • We should start with the simplest view (life is not miraculous) and only change that view if there is strong evidence to do so
• Natural Selection
• Evolutionary Psychology
  • Evolutionary psychology underpins the concept of primal beliefs
• Multiverse