Brian Cox - consciousness and meaning in universe
Brian Cox is a well known English physicist. He is a professor in particle physics and best known as the presenter for science programmes in BBC . Among many things he has stated: Life, just like the stars, the planets and the galaxies, is just a temporary structure on the long road from order to disorder. But that doesn’t make us insignificant, because we are the Cosmos made conscious. Life is the means by which the universe understands itself. And for me, our true significance lies in our ability to understand and explore this beautiful universe. Whatever you think meaning is, it self-evidently exists, because the universe means something to each of us. But I would argue that whatever it is, it’s an emergent property. … Without those complex biological systems, there is no meaning . … We bring meaning to it. So, let me try to summarise and collect some more sources to digest his work. Firstly, you can start by enjoying his Ted Talk from 2008 explaining his work on the Large H...