The following is a summary of the epilogue in my book, The Wise Guy and the Fool. What is the meaning of life? People love this question, and they love to ask it of me when they find out that I am a ...

Meaning comes and goes. That’s its nature. Or rather, that’s our nature. Sometimes we experience life as meaningful. Sometimes we don’t. Just as sometimes we experience life as joyful and sometimes we ...

What are the physics of life? That is more than just a philosophical question—it has practical implications for our search ...

Mathew Schmalz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

What is love? Of course, its meanings are like an ocean and throughout history, thinkers have defined it in multiple ways. A ...

It’s one of humanity’s biggest questions, and there’s no simple answer, but let’s give it a try anyway: what is the meaning of life? We asked a philosopher and a physicist to shed some light on the ...