Asking Ultimate Questions | Episode 513 | Closer To Truth

I like pushing boundaries, trying to discern existence, searching the foundations of reality, knowing all that can be known. Overly ambitious? Sophomoric? I don't care. I do it anyway. Here are ultimate questions. Featuring interviews with Lawrence Krauss, John Leslie, Max Tegmark, and Paul Davies.

Season 5, Episode 13 - #CloserToTruth

Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant.

Closer to Truth 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.

#Philosophy #Questions

[blizzforte]

What a great episode. This channel is truly a gem.

[robertdiehl]

It’s very humbling to listen to smart people speak to the very nature of our existence. I so appreciate your internal struggles with attempting to make sense of all that confronts us. These are simply terrific videos. I suspect that what will happen to the us, human race was... inevitable. Think bigger. Start with consciousness.

[humbertoflores]

Me. kuhn, I hope You do not stop providing the human race, with information about life and the universe.
Blessings on to You.
Thanks

[joeprogrock]

Thank you Robert for your high quality documentaries.

[mayanksoni]

Your work and chennal is great service for humanity 🙏

[PeterMorganQF]

🗣"even if [we’re] not getting closer", still we persist. Best wishes for persisting in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣.

[jamesbentonticer]

Dr Krause and Dr Tegmark are such a pleasure to listen to. Just brilliant.

[AndrewLovesGames]

I like truth! Truth should be fundemental for all of us.

[cvsree]

Better question is "who am I?"
The source of our thoughts is pure consciousness. Once we settle into that source, we are all set. No more questions to explore outside of our Self. Self manifests as everything.

[aussieadventurenerd]

Mr Lawrence Kuhn. Let’s see an updated episode that explores simulation theory. With all the recent scientific and technological discoveries I think this outlook on potential ‘reality’ is seriously thought provoking and worth a deeper dive.

[chiruboy]

Thank you so much! Best episode of Closer to truth!

[foodlifecyclelife]

You are a good soul Robert . Hope you find most of your quest one day

[miltontorres]

The curious nature is an innate and integral part of Humans. I have reached a state where humility has superceded the need to know all. I remain Humble therefore I cannot be humiliated. But I still ponder many questions..and this program helps me understand the WHY QUESTIONS.

[katherinestone]

"It took a while to scramble out of the mud. Then, in a flash of galactic time, we've built magnificent cities and civilizations, flown to the moon and back, and landed robots on Mars. Are such feats the pinnacle of humanity, the very best that we can hope to achieve? Or can we imagine even more astonishing futures? Is it possible that the superpowers described in ancient legends, science fiction, and comic books are patiently waiting for us behind the scenes, poised for an evolutionary twitch to pull the trigger?" ~Dean Radin, Supernormal

[Tom_Quixote]

I think one key thing missing from all these episodes is to keep in mind that when you ask a question, you also have to define what kind of answer you're willing to accept.
What if the meaning of life, the universe, and all that is actually "42"? We wouldn't be satisfied with such an answer, but it might be the actual final truth.

[georgegrubbs]

Interesting questions and speculations. One must take care not to turn possibility into probability, and probability into actuality without justification.

[BobHamiltonnewradio]

This is such a wonderful series and I am so gratfeful for it...I wen to university to understand one thing..what is "science"....this episode touched on the question of the necessity of replication. I watch videos on quantum mechanics, math (Roger Penrose is a favorite) and other areas of science...but, then I watch and read such teachers of Neville Goddard, Joseph Murphy, Louise Hay, Carl Jung, Alan Watts and many other "new thoughters"....how does the concept "thought are things" and the power of imagination fit into your quest...Theologians, who you have on tend to lean toward "religion" rather than a study of a power beyond math...beyond time and space. I would like to see those thinkers included more in your interviews...In the meantime, thank you so much for your work and your producers for the excellent production!

[praveenvarma]

Consciousness is the ONLY thing; beyond any doubt for me!

[sprocketslip]

It’s so amazing just to think that if we as humans never came to be and the universe was still existing nothing could be observed so nothing would exist mine blowing. The cat in the box.

[jmzorko]

While I certainly disagree with some points / perspectives here, I really enjoyed this episode. Though I am sometimes critical of Mr. Krauss, I also think that computers will someday achieve consciousness, because i'm a subscriber to the "the mind is what the brain does" perspective. I do find it more than a bit odd that Mr. Leslie, who is introduced as a thinker whose canvas of thought is larger than science, seems to limit himself to the perspective, itself a _smaller_ canvas than currently contemplated science. I also think the assertion that there are questions about cosmology which science cannot answer gives short shrift to science, because our understanding and resultant science continually improve. Theology doesn't interest me much, but I can appreciate some of his other perspectives, though, especially the validity of pursuing questions which go beyond what our current science can tell us, and how they can contribute to a more meaningful life. Regarding Mr. Tegmark's and Mr.Davies' thoughts, I admit that they are the ones which fascinate me the most, easily. The idea that reality bubbles up from math is just _so_ interesting to consider, though I have to entertain the premise that it might just be a very bright & shiny object that has captivated my individual, and quite limited, mind, so I can also appreciate the simulation-hypothesis and others related to Mr. Davies perspectives. Regarding the answers to these questions, i'm not getting any closer, either (though I definitely have my preferred avenues). They sure are _quite_ enjoyable to ponder, though :-)