Note. A very good essay. It aligns with much of my own thinking, but not all. I will place some of my own notes in [brackets] as I read the piece.
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Category Archives: Meaning of Life-Science
Cosmic Death and The Meaning of Life
Thomas Moynihan, a research affiliate at the University of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, recently penned a thoughtful essay in Aeon magazine, “The bookends of time: Nothing lasts forever: not humanity, not Earth, not the Universe. But finitude confers an indelible meaning to our lives.” Continue reading Cosmic Death and The Meaning of Life
Brian Greene’s “Until the End of Time”
Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, string theorist, and Professor at Columbia University. His latest book, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
The Time of Our Lives: Human Awareness in the Context of Cosmic Time
by Lawrence Rifkin MD
I am about to turn 50 years old, a mark of time that perhaps triggered the impetus to try to understand human life in the context of the largest possible backdrop — cosmic time. Continue reading The Time of Our Lives: Human Awareness in the Context of Cosmic Time
“A Meaning to Life,” Reply to Ruse
My last post expressed my effusive praise for Michael Ruse’s new book, A Meaning to Life. I would now like to comment on Ruse’s counsel that we can create and enjoy meaning in life despite the yearning for some non-existent salvific narrative—religious or scientific. Continue reading “A Meaning to Life,” Reply to Ruse
