Wandering Towards a Goal How can mindless mathematical laws give rise to aims and intention?

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The goals of the Foundational Questions Institute’s Essay Contest (the “Contest”) are to:
Encourage and support rigorous, innovative, and influential thinking about foundational questions in physics and cosmology;

Identify and reward top thinkers in foundational questions; and,

Provide an arena for discussion and exchange of ideas regarding foundational questions.

For examples of previous FQXi contests, please see the list to the left.