Researcher explores how the universe creates reason, morality

"You can look at the universe as a kind of 'complexity machine', which raises all sorts of questions about what this means in the broader sense.  For example, does believing the universe is structured to produce complexity in general, and rational creatures in particular, constitute a religious belief?  It need not imply that the universe was created by a God, but on the other hand, it does suggest that the kind of rationality we hold dear is not an accident."