THE LAST BOOK
The meaning of life explained in a rational way

by
Dr John Williams

The Understanding of Life
Why do we exist?  Is there a meaning to life?  Many answers to these questions have been devised which for the most part are variants on a religious or mystical theme.  These provide a purpose to life but not the purpose of life.  Philosophy has helped us to formulate the questions but its failure to deal with scientific facts has resulted in a barren contribution to the answers.  A full, rational explanation of our existence based on our rapidly accumulating scientific knowledge has eluded us - until now. 

The explanation of life which is offered in this book draws on three main components: evolution, genetics and psychology.  We live at a truly fortunate time because prior to the maturing of these three areas it was not possible to understand the true meaning of life.  However, something exists in our mind which stops us from seeing clearly what is already before us.  Once this block is removed we can view life objectively and see it as a special form of information which has arisen through evolution.  In this book information is identified as the unifying entity of the universe which is inherent in the spatial arrangement of matter.  Life is defined as the ability to organise matter or, in other words and more generally, as the ability to process information.  A consequence of this is a realisation that time, which is measured by the change in spatial arrangement of matter, does not exist in itself but is a human concept which arises out of memory - there is only now and position.  Evolution is shown to be part of a wider process through which the whole universe has developed.

This book relates these findings to our world and our lives. It sets out in rational terms where we came from, how we got here and finally, reveals our destiny.