Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked by the Templeton Foundation to answer the question "Does the Universe Have a Purpose". Then he read his answer aloud and I drew some pictures for it. http://www.temple...
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Does the Universe Have a Purpose? I'm not sure.Anyone who expresses a more definitive response to the question is claiming access to knowledgenot based on empirical foundations. This remarkably persistent way of thinking, common to mostreligions and some branches of philosophy, has failed badly in past efforts to understand,and thereby predict the operations of the universe and our place within it.To assert that the universe has a purpose implies a desired outcome. But who would dothe desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable?Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Of course humans were not aroundto ask these questions for 99.9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universewa...
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Does the Universe Have a Purpose? I'm not sure.Anyone who expresses a more definitive response to the question is claiming access to knowledgenot based on empirical foundations. This remarkably persistent way of thinking, common to mostreligions and some branches of philosophy, has failed badly in past efforts to understand,and thereby predict the operations of the universe and our place within it.To assert that the universe has a purpose implies a desired outcome. But who would dothe desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable?Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Of course humans were not aroundto ask these questions for 99.9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universewa...
