What Could Be the Purpose of the Universe?

Expand your scientific horizon with Brilliant! First 200 to use our link will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. This video comes with a quiz! If people knew one thing about Steven Weinberg, it’d be a quote from one of his books: “The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” In this video, I want to speculate about what he might have meant. Is the universe pointless? 💌 Support us on Donatebox ➜ 🤓 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ 📩 Sign up for my weekly science newsletter. It’s free! ➜ 👂 Now also on Spotify ➜ 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ 🖼️ On instagram ➜ 00:00 Intro 01:00 Intent and Purpose 02:33 Function and Teleology 06:15 Other Points 10:40 Can a Theory Explain Itself? 14:27 Summary 15:02 Learn Science With Brilliant #science #philosophy