Here’s an odd thing: a guest blog on Scientific American, calling on us to consider the possibility of a Creator of our universe. Mmmmmmkay…. First of all, Stephanie Zvan, likewise writing a guest blog on Scientific American, has neatly deconstructed the failure that is Naff’s rather, well, naff, post. Go read that. I’ll wait …. Back? Cool....
I’ve written before about finding meaning in family, and art, and the world and Universe entire. But is that enough? Freud said “Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination”. This echoes Tolstoy: “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work...
Friday Filisophy has had a bit of an unplanned hiatus, which I shall begin to rectify, at least a little, today. I think, read, and watch a fair bit relating at least tangentially to meaning: the meaning and purpose of our lives. In a way that’s the biggest question for every one of us;...
I’ve been having an email discussion today about the anthropic principle and the nature of the universe and so forth. It followed being sent a link to a piece in Scientific American about Stephen Hawking wherein (among other things) the author criticised the anthropic principle roundly: saying it is a foolish idea, basically. I totally...
42 of course is the answer to the ultimate question of the meaning of life, the Universe, and everything. Sadly, while the Great One, Douglas Adams, gave us the answer, he did not make so free with the question – so we’re a bit buggered there. However, I’m going to have a crack at...
