Phillip Goff

Yeah, so there are laws of nature that on this kind of view... in some way, push the universe towards these goals. As they think of it, when there is some indeterminacy in the more normal laws of physics and two possible outcomes, let's say X and Y, the outcome which is closer towards

Yeah, so there are laws of nature that on this kind of view... in some way, push the universe towards these goals. As they think of it, when there is some indeterminacy in the more normal laws of physics and two possible outcomes, let's say X and Y, the outcome which is closer towards

Yeah, so there are laws of nature that on this kind of view... in some way, push the universe towards these goals. As they think of it, when there is some indeterminacy in the more normal laws of physics and two possible outcomes, let's say X and Y, the outcome which is closer towards

say, the emergence of life is the one that comes to pass through these teleological laws, this teleological drive, as it were, nudging us towards these goals. And they're not thinking of this as some kind of mind behind the universe. They're just thinking this could be the causal principles that operate in our universe. I mean, after all, we used to think of laws of nature as

say, the emergence of life is the one that comes to pass through these teleological laws, this teleological drive, as it were, nudging us towards these goals. And they're not thinking of this as some kind of mind behind the universe. They're just thinking this could be the causal principles that operate in our universe. I mean, after all, we used to think of laws of nature as

say, the emergence of life is the one that comes to pass through these teleological laws, this teleological drive, as it were, nudging us towards these goals. And they're not thinking of this as some kind of mind behind the universe. They're just thinking this could be the causal principles that operate in our universe. I mean, after all, we used to think of laws of nature as

inherently tied to god that was the idea right it's the the laws that god has instituted but now we think we can make sense of laws of nature without god so maybe we can make sense of these purposeful laws of nature without some divine being behind them so from that perspective you would view something like natural selection um being pushed by the teleological kind of

inherently tied to god that was the idea right it's the the laws that god has instituted but now we think we can make sense of laws of nature without god so maybe we can make sense of these purposeful laws of nature without some divine being behind them so from that perspective you would view something like natural selection um being pushed by the teleological kind of

inherently tied to god that was the idea right it's the the laws that god has instituted but now we think we can make sense of laws of nature without god so maybe we can make sense of these purposeful laws of nature without some divine being behind them so from that perspective you would view something like natural selection um being pushed by the teleological kind of

I'm not suggesting that we need these teleological laws for evolution, right? I mean, what Darwin gave us is an account of how evolution emerges without needing any purposeful teleology or directedness through the mechanism of natural selection. And I mean, maybe some story like that will come out in fine-tuning as well.

I'm not suggesting that we need these teleological laws for evolution, right? I mean, what Darwin gave us is an account of how evolution emerges without needing any purposeful teleology or directedness through the mechanism of natural selection. And I mean, maybe some story like that will come out in fine-tuning as well.

I'm not suggesting that we need these teleological laws for evolution, right? I mean, what Darwin gave us is an account of how evolution emerges without needing any purposeful teleology or directedness through the mechanism of natural selection. And I mean, maybe some story like that will come out in fine-tuning as well.

Well, Lee Smolin, wonderful scientist and friend of mine, Lee Smolin, has a sort of cosmological natural selection story. Many other physicists I talk to have big problems with Smolin's story. I mean, look, I think we should be open-minded on all of these options. But I think as things stand at the moment...

Well, Lee Smolin, wonderful scientist and friend of mine, Lee Smolin, has a sort of cosmological natural selection story. Many other physicists I talk to have big problems with Smolin's story. I mean, look, I think we should be open-minded on all of these options. But I think as things stand at the moment...

Well, Lee Smolin, wonderful scientist and friend of mine, Lee Smolin, has a sort of cosmological natural selection story. Many other physicists I talk to have big problems with Smolin's story. I mean, look, I think we should be open-minded on all of these options. But I think as things stand at the moment...

The fine-tuning of physics for life should at least make us take seriously these kind of teleological laws. I mean, another option is coming back to panpsychism. I think this fits well with a panpsychist view of things. If you already think, for example, that the universe is conscious, which is the case on some forms of panpsychism,

The fine-tuning of physics for life should at least make us take seriously these kind of teleological laws. I mean, another option is coming back to panpsychism. I think this fits well with a panpsychist view of things. If you already think, for example, that the universe is conscious, which is the case on some forms of panpsychism,

The fine-tuning of physics for life should at least make us take seriously these kind of teleological laws. I mean, another option is coming back to panpsychism. I think this fits well with a panpsychist view of things. If you already think, for example, that the universe is conscious, which is the case on some forms of panpsychism,

It's not so much of a leap to think that this conscious universe may have some form of goal-directed activity. So we don't need to postulate a supernatural intelligent designer outside the universe. Maybe the conscious universe can, as it were, design itself, fine-tune itself.

It's not so much of a leap to think that this conscious universe may have some form of goal-directed activity. So we don't need to postulate a supernatural intelligent designer outside the universe. Maybe the conscious universe can, as it were, design itself, fine-tune itself.