?.."what's your job and your field so we know better how to deal with what YOU have to say?""

So, why would that matter as to a posters opinions? My preference would be to be dealt with respectfully. No one has to deal with, "what I say" in any particular way, other than to take it as opinion, nothing more.

Like others here, I am only expressing my personal opinion.That olinion changes nothing on how the world or universe evolved. I am hardly telling others how to think, what to believe, how to live their lives, nor am insisting that others share my views on the, so called, meaning of life". However, I do occasionally suggest, to maximize interest, the discussion remain respectful and logical-though I have no say in what others choose to do.

""Er - we're discussing Cosmology and The Meaning of Life here, Ed T""

Discussing Cosmology? That one passed me by, I musta blinked.

Where did Hawkins get his science acccredition on to be considered an expert on "the meaning of life"?