Robert J. Hutchinsonmeaning of life - Robert J. Hutchinson https://roberthutchinson.com Robert J. Hutchinson is a writer, essayist and author of popular history Tue, 12 May 2026 22:15:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Nature of Existence https://roberthutchinson.com/the-nature-of-existence/ https://roberthutchinson.com/the-nature-of-existence/#respond Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:24:22 +0000 Robert Hutchinson http://roberthutchinson.com/?p=421 For a beach philosophizer like myself, it doesn’t get much better than “The Nature of Existence,” the quirky little documentary on the Meaning of Life that is opening this weekend. Filmmaker Roger Nygard wrote down the 85 toughest questions he could think of about the meaning of life — and then set out with a […]

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For a beach philosophizer like myself, it doesn’t get much better than “The Nature of Existence,” the quirky little documentary on the Meaning of Life that is opening this weekend. Filmmaker Roger Nygard wrote down the 85 toughest questions he could think of about the meaning of life — and then set out with a camera crew to ask them of such luminaries as Indian holy man Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (The Art of Living), professional atheist polemicist Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), 24th generation Chinese Taoist Master Zhang Chengda, Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind (co-discoverer of string theory), wrestler Rob Adonis (founder of Ultimate Christian Wrestling), confrontational evangelist Brother Jed Smock, novelist Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game), director Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back), Stonehenge Druids Rollo Maughfling & King Arthur Pendragon and many more. The result is his interesting little film:

The Nature of Existence – Original Trailer from Roger Nygard on Vimeo.

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