How can so many numbers of nature—the constants and relationships of physics—be so spot-on perfect for humans to exist? Coincidence and luck seem wildly unlikely. This...
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Our universe has been developing for about 14 billion years, but human-level intelligence, at least on earth, has emerged in a remarkably short period of time, measured in...
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The Copernican Principle asserts that humans are not special, that we should expect to find ourselves in an ordinary place or position. But if humanity continues for billions...
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Our universe has existed for about 14 billion years. Looking backwards, that’s about 1 followed by 10 zeros. Looking forwards, into the far far future, cosmologists can...
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Our universe is astounding in that the laws of physics have to be perfect beyond belief for stars and planets, and for human beings, to even exist. Does this demonstrate (if...
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If the deep laws of the universe had been ever so slightly different—smaller or larger—human beings wouldn’t, couldn’t, exist. All explanations of this...
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Is free will required for moral responsibility? If a person with a brain tumor breaks the law, should that person be judged by lower standards? It’s a slippery slope,...
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What is the relationship between free will and decision-making, the capacity of individuals to select among options or choices usually based on certain criteria. It would...
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Why is our universe seemingly so conducive to life and mind? Some say ‘God’. Some say a ‘teleological principal’ that drives the universe toward...
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Human beings yearn to live forever. But our only hope is some kind of non-physical reality like a personal God, alternative God, or cosmic consciousness. What would be the...
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If ESP can claim some kind of truth, the implications would be profound. The confirmation of any ESP, no matter how minor, would challenge the materialism-physicalism...
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Transpersonal psychology is the claim that our mental well-being relates, in some sense, to nonphysical interactions of some kind. Transpersonal psychology assumes the...
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