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Darwin’s theory described the survival of the fittest, but not the arrival of the fittest.” === Computer simulations are really just virtual time machines.” === Waves never crash onto beaches and deposit sand in the shape of a sand castle. === … physicist Jeremy England. He was tall and very thin, with an unkempt beard and a quietly bemused smile. He stood before a blackboard filled with mathematical equations. === Jeremy England’s theory ... was that the universe functioned with a singular directive. One goal. To spread energy. In the simplest terms, when the universe found areas of focused energy, it spread that energy out.. === To efficiently create chaos, Langdon realized, requires some order. === If blazing sunlight hit a patch of fertile dirt, the physical laws of the earth would create a plant to help dissipate that energy. If deep-ocean sulfur vents created areas of boiling water, life would materialize in those locations and disseminate the energy.