The Corner

Does the Universe Have a Purpose? (cont.)

So what’s the sense of the meeting?

Scrutinizing the responses of those 12 egg-heads, let’s give -5 for a “No,” 5 for a “Yes,” and something suitably intermediate for the others (0 for “Not Sure,” -3 for “Unlikely,” etc.)

For the 12 responses as laid out, that gives

-3  5  2
-5  4  5
 4 -5  5
 0  5  1

for a total 18, mean 1.5, which I’d translate back as “Just Possibly.”

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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