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Is There a Point to the Universe?
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless. … “So says renowned physicist and Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg in his 1977 book “The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe)” In … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, cosmology, creation, evolution, homo sapiens, human race, Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Popper, meaning of life
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A Solution in Search of a Problem
Much of what I am trying to do here is to get to the story behind the story, i.e., to get a glimpse of the greater context of what plays itself out every day as what we refer to as … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmology, infinte universe, life, living, meaning of life, the story behind the story
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Our Heavenly Home
… But Trailing Clouds Of Glory Do We Come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!” (William Wordsworth) Apart from the obligatory nod to the prevailing local deity at the time that this was … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmology, cosmos, evolution, theoretical physics, Very Large Telescopes, VLT
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Sisyphus, as we know, is the figure in Greek mythology who was punished by the local Gods for his deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only for it to roll down again at the … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdism, Albert Camus, cosmology, Existence, meaning, Sisyphus
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Creatures Made Of Stardust
This realization strikes me every so often, and continues to fill me with awe: as this is what we are in the larger scale of things, in addition to being a creature made of flesh and blood here on earth! … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmology, evolution, People, Politics & Culture, stardust, the human body
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The Cosmos Explained – Well, Maybe …
There is a scene in the movie Terminator 2, where the next generation terminator – who had morphed himself into a cop – is frozen solid after a tanker truck filled with liquid nitrogen spills its load all over him. … Continue reading
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