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Letter: The cosmos may only have meaning because of us

Published 19 August 2020

From Eric Kvaalen, Les Essarts-le-Roi, France

In her review of The End of Everything, Leah Crane writes: “What all the endings have in common is to highlight the vastness of the universe, and the banality of our everyday existence (1 August, p 24).”

I think it is our existence that gives meaning to the universe. Without us, it is just a machine grinding on and on. Perhaps when we have all gone on to another world of consciousness, this “universe” will no longer be real, will no longer exist. Maybe that is its end.

Issue no. 3296 published 22 August 2020

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