Can science answer questions about God? Does evolution have a built-in direction? Is the universe a conscious entity?
And are we heading toward a merger of science and metaphysics, the realm of “souls?”
Scientists and “sages” — including futurists and spiritual leaders — gather in Carlsbad this weekend to ponder such weighty questions at a conference sponsored by alternative medicine author Deepak Chopra.
The symposium, “Scientists and Sages — the Merging of a New Future,” at the La Costa Resort Friday through Sunday, is drawing some scientific heavy hitters. They include a Chapman University professor involved in a recent dustup with physicist Stephen Hawking over his assertion that no God is needed to create the universe.
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