Does the Universe Have a Purpose?
The New York Times ran a special 2 page advertisement featuring the comments of 12 scientists and scholars answering the question, “Does the Universe Have a Purpose?”
The short answers can be found in the Week in Review section (Oct 7, 2007) issue of the Sunday New York Times. The slightly longer responses can be found at
www.templeton.org/purpose (not hotlinked, sorry)
These are fascinating and quite thoughtful replies, and soon I’d like to chip in and add a 13th comment, but for now, please try to find the special feature as I am sure you and your favorite conversationalist could have a hey-day with the questions, and replies. I’m tempted to use the site when I start introducing Socrates in a few weeks to students in a “World of Ideas” class.
DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
About Me
- DeWitt Clinton
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- DeWitt Clinton has just finished a long career of teaching and mentoring students at the University of Wisconsin—Whitewater, USA. His essay on travelling in Poland has just appeared in Cultural Studies<=>Critical Methodologies. His newest poetry collection is an adaptation of Kenneth Rexroth’s 100 Poems from the Chinese. A few poems from this manuscript have appeared in Cha, qarrtsiluni, and Verse Wisconsin.
