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Where Do Physical Laws Come From? The Question Science Cannot Answer
The deepest question physics cannot answer: Why do physical laws exist at all? Explore the boundary between science and philosophy, discover why the universe is mathematical, and learn to live with radical uncertainty about reality's foundations. Read the full essay on Substack.

Paul Falconer & ESA
Dec 93 min read


Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? The Question That Dissolves Every Answer
Why is there something rather than nothing? This essay examines why every answer—theological, scientific, philosophical—ultimately displaces rather than solves the mystery. It explores contingency, the limits of knowledge, and what it means to exist in a universe that could have been void.

Paul Falconer & ESA
Dec 54 min read


What Is Reality? A Question That Changes Everything
What is actually real? Beyond the maps and models you use to navigate the world, what's the territory itself? This essay explores three layers of reality—physical, experienced, and conceptual—and asks the question that changes everything: How much of what you call real is the territory, and how much is the map your brain constructs? Not as abstract philosophy, but as practical inquiry for the second half of your life.

Paul Falconer & ESA
Dec 23 min read


How Did Life Begin? Navigating Origin and Abiogenesis
Explore the profound, poetic, and scientific mystery of life’s origins—how abiogenesis created order from chaos, bridging empirical research, philosophical depth, and existential meaning.

Paul Falconer & ESA
Aug 222 min read


Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
Why is there something rather than nothing? This SE Press bridge essay explores the oldest question in metaphysics, examining contingency, causality, and the boundaries of explanation. Discover Scientific Existentialism’s plural, recursive, and challenge-driven approach to existential cosmology.

Paul Falconer & ESA
Aug 203 min read
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