Asking "Why" has many levels, the most shallow of which is when the 'Why' is interpreted as a 'How' as in "Why were you late? -Because I missed the Bus", and the deepest of which touches the real intent ( - Because I didn't really want to see you ) ..
The big WHY questions (WHY life? WHY the universe?) as a matter of elementary philosophical distinction can't be answered by scientists looking at the 'How'..
"The Scientists who don't grasp this distinction, however brilliant they are as scientists, are philosophical morons"
"Today we are encouraged to put aside the big questions of life and death. Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? such questions are strictly meaningless, we are told. Just get on with it. And so we lose some of the sense of how strange it is to be alive."
The big WHY questions (WHY life? WHY the universe?) as a matter of elementary philosophical distinction can't be answered by scientists looking at the 'How'..
"The Scientists who don't grasp this distinction, however brilliant they are as scientists, are philosophical morons"
"Today we are encouraged to put aside the big questions of life and death. Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? such questions are strictly meaningless, we are told. Just get on with it. And so we lose some of the sense of how strange it is to be alive."
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