From Robert Lawrence Kuhn, host and creator of Closer To Truth:

Extra dimensions seem the stuff of science fiction. We’re familiar with three dimensions—length, width, height. But what about other dimensions? What could that mean? What would they be like? And, anyway, why would we care?
What about the fourth dimension—time? Not as metaphor but as fact. Now, some speak of 10 or 11 dimensions, a factor in string theory, as the foundation of the cosmos. Is deep reality so strange?
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From Robert Lawrence Kuhn, host and creator of Closer To Truth:

I wish God to exist. But sadly, my “wish” means nothing. That’s why I focus on arguments against God. My biggest fear is not that there is no God, but that I may fool myself into believing, falsely, that there is a God, when, truly, there is no God. That’s why I must explore with all honesty the strong views of those who conclude with confidence that God does not exist. So, what are the arguments against God?
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From Robert Lawrence Kuhn, host and creator of Closer To Truth:

I consider myself a “person,” not a “thing.” I feel my inner-self unity and know, as I know anything, my lifelong continuity. But what I think I feel could be illusion, and what I think I know deception.
What makes a human being a “person,” not a “thing”? What is it that provides people with such unity and continuity?
Memory? Is not a brain-injured person without memory still a person? The same body? The body is never the same, and over time, it is completely different. While most people assume that to be a person is to have (or to be) a soul, most philosophers—and even some theologians—conclude that persons are all material, that persons have no need, and no room, for anything nonphysical.
Is the person, or a “self,” all material?
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From Robert Lawrence Kuhn, host and creator of Closer To Truth:

That our universe is expanding is one of humanity’s monumental discoveries. Starting from something infinitesimally small, the universe has become something majestically large. How could this happen? What could this mean?
Normal people hardly ever think about the expanding universe; I think about it all the time. That’s why I love speaking with Alan Guth, whose theory of cosmic inflation revolutionized cosmology.
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