Dr. Sam Wilkinson

And it really he was just an example to me of someone who could, while at the very highest of academic institutions, could hold both of these things in his mind at the same time to this faith, but also this the academic pursuits. And I really had no business at all reaching out to him. I mean, he was a as those who know him, He was incredibly busy.

And it really he was just an example to me of someone who could, while at the very highest of academic institutions, could hold both of these things in his mind at the same time to this faith, but also this the academic pursuits. And I really had no business at all reaching out to him. I mean, he was a as those who know him, He was incredibly busy.

He was talking with leaders of government and states and companies at this highest levels. But he was just so kind to respond to me when I literally just emailed him. And he gave me kind of the confidence that I needed. I explained a little bit about this struggle I was having and told him that at some point I wanted to write a book about it. And he encouraged me.

He was talking with leaders of government and states and companies at this highest levels. But he was just so kind to respond to me when I literally just emailed him. And he gave me kind of the confidence that I needed. I explained a little bit about this struggle I was having and told him that at some point I wanted to write a book about it. And he encouraged me.

He was talking with leaders of government and states and companies at this highest levels. But he was just so kind to respond to me when I literally just emailed him. And he gave me kind of the confidence that I needed. I explained a little bit about this struggle I was having and told him that at some point I wanted to write a book about it. And he encouraged me.

And that, I mean, I feel like that more than anything gave me the confidence that I needed at that time. I was just a first year medical student and this public intellectual of a very high level corresponded with me and encouraged me and just such a kind thing to do on his part. I...

And that, I mean, I feel like that more than anything gave me the confidence that I needed at that time. I was just a first year medical student and this public intellectual of a very high level corresponded with me and encouraged me and just such a kind thing to do on his part. I...

And that, I mean, I feel like that more than anything gave me the confidence that I needed at that time. I was just a first year medical student and this public intellectual of a very high level corresponded with me and encouraged me and just such a kind thing to do on his part. I...

Regret that he passed away before my book was published, but hopefully at some point I'll be able to pick up that conversation and thank him face to face and remind him the way that he touched my life in a very personal way. So in a very personal way, he was just a real inspiration and just built my confidence and will be forever grateful for that token of generosity that he showed to me.

Regret that he passed away before my book was published, but hopefully at some point I'll be able to pick up that conversation and thank him face to face and remind him the way that he touched my life in a very personal way. So in a very personal way, he was just a real inspiration and just built my confidence and will be forever grateful for that token of generosity that he showed to me.

Regret that he passed away before my book was published, but hopefully at some point I'll be able to pick up that conversation and thank him face to face and remind him the way that he touched my life in a very personal way. So in a very personal way, he was just a real inspiration and just built my confidence and will be forever grateful for that token of generosity that he showed to me.

And let me, I'll just highlight the problem here. So this issue, there's a well-known physician scientist who put it well. I think when he said he was at one point, the Dean of the Yale school of medicine, where I now work, he said, I cannot make my peace with the randomness doctrine. I cannot abide the notion of purposelessness and blind chance in nature. And yet I do not know what to put.

And let me, I'll just highlight the problem here. So this issue, there's a well-known physician scientist who put it well. I think when he said he was at one point, the Dean of the Yale school of medicine, where I now work, he said, I cannot make my peace with the randomness doctrine. I cannot abide the notion of purposelessness and blind chance in nature. And yet I do not know what to put.

And let me, I'll just highlight the problem here. So this issue, there's a well-known physician scientist who put it well. I think when he said he was at one point, the Dean of the Yale school of medicine, where I now work, he said, I cannot make my peace with the randomness doctrine. I cannot abide the notion of purposelessness and blind chance in nature. And yet I do not know what to put.

and its place for the quieting of my mind. We talk about the absurdity of the human situation. We do this because we do not know how we fit in or what we are for. It's a man named Lewis Thomas.

and its place for the quieting of my mind. We talk about the absurdity of the human situation. We do this because we do not know how we fit in or what we are for. It's a man named Lewis Thomas.

and its place for the quieting of my mind. We talk about the absurdity of the human situation. We do this because we do not know how we fit in or what we are for. It's a man named Lewis Thomas.

That was again at the crux of one of the things I was struggling with because it would seem to be that if life came about through totally random means, then it's hard to see how there is a purpose to our existence or any sort of deep meaning And it turns out that this is not quite the way that evolution has worked.

That was again at the crux of one of the things I was struggling with because it would seem to be that if life came about through totally random means, then it's hard to see how there is a purpose to our existence or any sort of deep meaning And it turns out that this is not quite the way that evolution has worked.

That was again at the crux of one of the things I was struggling with because it would seem to be that if life came about through totally random means, then it's hard to see how there is a purpose to our existence or any sort of deep meaning And it turns out that this is not quite the way that evolution has worked.