Ridiculous! No scientist in this day and age should talk about "god" or religion in any remotely serious context. Religion has NO PLACE in the world today. Furthermore, these scientists, if asked a stupid question like "Do you believe in god," should clearly and resolutely say "NO," as should we all. If an interviewer asked me anything like that, I'd boot them right out of my lab!!!

douglas adams .... 42!

lol

brilliant interviews, see them Squirm!

The paradox is that if you want to under-stand something you obviously need to stand under it. Science most of the time over-stands things it tries to under-stand.
Religion, on the other hand, is about under-kneeling, so again no under-standing happens.
All that is necessary is to look at everything from downside up, while standing upright yourself.
Not convenient for many... for the time being.

This was so nice to see that these physicists, while seeking answers to some pretty profound areas of the natural world through empirical means, are humble in their presumptions about what science can and may not be able to help us understand. I think any pioneering force should have that attitude... to trudge on, learn more, but never presume conclusions.

some of the most pure scientist living today are doing research in Antarctica. I would ask that group this question since they tend to exist in an entirely different realm of research and general standard of living.

I much rather use the word cosmos in the place where most use the word 'universe' when speaking of 'everything that exists'. (which only refers to the present) That is because 'the' universe is but only a collection of galaxies, just as a galaxy is a collection of stars. The scope of the cosmos is infinite, having no center or limited outer edge - it just keeps going. Therefore, we will never understand 'everything' because we cannot see 'everything'. And then there is the matter of scale, however deep we look at the macro and micro views, there there will always be more to see in the next step of magnification... I could go on about this for days but instead I'll just say that there needs to be more films like this.

A question like this seems to separate the humble from the arrogant,eh?