Session 5B - Biodiversity and the Meaning of Human Existence
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Professor Wilson retraces the themes that emerged during the seminar and forcefully addresses the meaning of human life. The meaning of life will be determined by evolutionary biologists, who are answering the questions, Where do we come from and What are we, and must contribute wisdom and values to the final question, where are we going?
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