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261. Jim Al-Khalili on the Joy of Science

The Michael Shermer Show

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Why Is There Anything at All?

I'm a realist when it comes to science. There's an objective reality out there, whether or not i'm looking. And what i try to do is get as close as i can to that ultimate truth that exists. Unless i can hook my ideas on toto physical t it, it's just fluff. But again, it's like asking these questions. You knowt was there before the big bank and onhacking, said, well, what's north of the north pole? Its kind of meaningless question, butt. It doesn't strike me as a meaningless question. I means, once you're in the mode of cause effect, cause effect all the way back,

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