{"id":30,"date":"2025-10-29T08:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLAU\/869308\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-10-29T08:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:19:31","slug":"buy-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLAU\/869308\/buy-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLAU\/869308\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/XLAU\/869308\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" style=\"width:337px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWas it worth becoming human?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Lucas frames this not merely as a biological or theological inquiry, but as a deep moral, existential, and evolutionary thought experiment. 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