257. Simon Conway Morris on Design in Evolution & the Possibility of Purpose in the Cosmos
The Michael Shermer Show
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Are You a Theist, or a Scientist?
i'm not an anthropologist, but i can well imagine there's a way of looking at science fiction in terms of no galactic empires and so forth. If they'reanything like the empires we've had by knoege re, probably best avoided,. mostly they tond not to go in a benign direction. The world has to be organized in a way. But my own sense is that free will is part of what is woven into the beginning. We always make the choice. And g k Chestron was extremely good on this with regard to fairy tales. You know, you can adopt your world and it's going to last as long as you don't ask too many awkward questions.
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