{"id":718,"date":"2016-06-24T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=718"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:38:50","slug":"appendix-z61-2010-cosmologists-hawking-and-mlodinow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX Z61: 2010: Cosmologists Hawking and Mlodinow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 700px\">\n<div class=\"pc pce9 w0 h0\">\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h6d y42b ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">APPENDIX Z61:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h6d y42c ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h6d y42d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">2010: Cosmologists Hawking and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h6d y8de ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Mlodinow<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x47 h8b yaa8 ff1c fs1f fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">***<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 ya21 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u201cWe each exist for but a short time, and in that<br \/>\n                time\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 ya22 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">explore but a small part of the whole universe.<br \/>\n                But\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 ya23 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">humans are a curious species. W<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>e wonder<span class=\"_ _e\"><\/span>, we seek\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaa9 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">answers. Living in this vast world that is by turns<br \/>\n                kind and\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaaa ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">cruel, and gazing at the immense heavens above,<br \/>\n                people\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaab ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">have always asked a multitude of questions: How can<br \/>\n                we\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yab5 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">understand the world in which we \ue0c4nd ourselves?<br \/>\n                How\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf0 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">does the universe behave? What is the nature of<br \/>\n                r<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>eality?\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf1 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Where did all this come fr<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>om?<br \/>\n                Did the universe need\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf2 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">a creator? Most of us do not spend most of our<br \/>\n                time\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf3 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">worrying about these questions, but almost all of us<br \/>\n                worry\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h2d yaf4 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">about them some of the time.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf5 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">T<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>raditionally these are<br \/>\n                questions for philosophy<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>, but\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf6 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up<br \/>\n                with\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf7 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">modern developments in science, particularly<br \/>\n                physics.\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf8 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Scientists have become the bearers of the tor<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>ch of\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h55 yaf9 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">discovery in our quest for knowledge.\u201d*<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h66 yabd ff1b fs1e fc0 sc0 ls1d ws47\">***<span class=\"ff19 fs27 ls2c ws64\"> Stephen Hawking and <span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>Leonard Mlodinow<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>, <span class=\"ff2b ws0\">The Grand Design<\/span>. New Y<span class=\"_ _e\"><\/span>ork: Bantam <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 xbf h6e yafa ff19 fs27 fc0 sc0 ls2c ws64\">Books. 2010. p. 5<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPENDIX Z61: 2010: Cosmologists Hawking and Mlodinow *** \u201cWe each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe. But humans are a curious species. We wonder, we seek answers. 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