At our second meeting we met at the Coffeehouse and discussed Stephen Hawking's thoughts on whether god is necessary in an explanation of the universe.
A brief explanation of Hawking's New Book is available from abcnews.com here.
Hawking seems to argue that the laws of nature we recognize today such as gravity are sufficient in explaining what we observe of the universe.
We also briefly touched on different kinds of causation and how they might be confused.
Possibilities for future meetings include a discussion of Hume and skepticism and a viewing of "Waking Life," Richard Linklater's film.
There is also an important update regarding future meetings. Unless otherwise specified, we will now be meeting at 5:00pm (30 minutes earlier than we have in the past) on Monday evenings at the Coffeehouse, in Uptown Normal.
Hope to see you all Monday.
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