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Why does the universe exist?

JUN 11, 2010
Physics Today
National Post : Following his stint at the recent World Science Festival in New York, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking was interviewed by ABC network’s Diane Sawyer, who asked him about the biggest mystery he would like solved. Hawking replied, “I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.” In an opinion piece in Canada’s National Post, Father Raymond J. de Souza discusses this philosophical question.
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