Some even suggest that this is the ultimate purpose of the universe — that it’s fine-tuned to spawn biological organisms (the so-called biocosm hypothesis). Similarly, ...

The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis. Everywhere we look, it appears that the world was designed so ...

The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis. Everywhere we look, it appears that the world was designed so ...

I explain how purpose, meaning and morality, like consciousness and absolutely everything else in existence, could plausibly have emerged and evolved unguided, bottom-up, in a spontaneous universe. 3.

Take a deep breath: the universe is not just big it’s mind-bogglingly, practically scandalously huge. And it’s growing. A century ago, Edwin Hubble peered through his telescope and shattered human ...

A cosmologist — through careful study and thoughtful consideration — concludes that the universe has no purpose. A theologian — through careful study and thoughtful consideration ...

The Purpose of the Universe? by Philip Goff Oxford University Press, £14.99, 208 pages. Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Caf ...

I explain how purpose, meaning and morality, like consciousness and absolutely everything else in existence, could plausibly have emerged and evolved unguided, bottom-up, in a spontaneous universe. 3.