For example, Richard Feynman (who received his PhD in 1942) used the art of numerology to come up with
some convincing ultimate questions: «The ratio of the gravitational attraction to the electrical repulsion is given by a number with 42 digits tailing off.
It seems, moreover, that the most satisfactory philosophy for the masses of humanity will be the one that affords the most adequate, comprehensive, and
convincing answers to these four fundamental
questions concerning the
ultimate characteristics of being, nature, man, and God.