Alexander Vilenkin - Does the Cosmos Have a Reason?

Get free access to Closer To Truth's library of 5,000 videos: https://closertotruth.com/ What remarkable discoveries are being made in cosmology! Cosmologists now develop credible theories about the beginning and end of our universe and theory-based speculations about vast numbers of multiple universes. But does the cosmos have a reason? Could revolutionary ideas support some kind of ‘universal reason’? The bar is set high, and it is okay to say no. Watch more interviews on the mysteries of the cosmos: https://shorturl.at/elGPR Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Alexander Vilenkin is the Leonard and Jane Bernstein Professor and Director of the Institute of Cosmology at Tufts University. A theoretical physicist who has been working in the field of cosmology for 35 years, Vilenkin has written over 150 papers and is responsible for introducing the ideas of eternal inflation and quantum creation of the universe from nothing. His work in cosmic strings has been pivotal. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.