Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because read more

Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe

In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one read more

In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.

What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with.

What makes the universe so hard to comprehend is that there's nothing to compare it with.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can read more

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our read more

All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.

All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice read more

All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, read more

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask, "What's in it for me?"

If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.

If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.

A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious read more

A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory.