Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedLee Cronin: belief
9 Dec 2023 Lex Fridman Podcast #404 – Lee Cronin: Controversial Nature Paper on Evolution of Life and Universe
“I think the universe… There is a creative force in the universe, but I don’t think it’s sentient.”
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- Speaker
- Lee Cronin
- Attribution
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 9 Dec 2023
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…Sure, but does it mean, does it not… It still could mean that that’s a projection from the real world where we’re just assigning words and concepts to a thing that is fundamental to the real world. That there is something out there that is a creative force underlying the universe. I think the universe… There is a creative force in the universe, but I don’t think it’s sentient. So I do not understand the universe. So who am I to say that God doesn’t exist? I am an atheist, but I’m not an angry atheist. There’s some people I know that are angry atheists and say- Cranky.…
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