Deep Thought is the name of the supercomputer in Douglas Adams' science fiction novel A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This supercomputer had been built by an intelligent species to get an answer to the intriguing question of the meaning of life, the universe and all the rest. When the supercomputer spit out the answer “42” after several million years of computing time, the commissioners were dissatisfied and had an even bigger computer built to better understand the question posed. Consequently, deep-thought.org deals with the fundamental questions about life, the universe and all the rest. In our German mother tongue, the term Welträtsel has become established for these fundamental issues of our understanding of the world, which we use for the German edition welträtsel.org.
Welträtsel (engl. 'Grand Enigmas') represent the fundamental questions that remain still unresolved in mankind's understanding of the world: Where does life come from? How arises consciousness in the brain? What is the true nature of time?
So far, science fails to give answers to many of those fundamental questions. Even worse, scientists have withdrawn themselves from the grand enigmas in favour of a multitude of lesser relevant problems. It seems that only some individuals outside the scientific community are still thinking about these fundamental issues. The authors of this website count themselves among those few. We want to draw attention to these grand enigmas again, ideally to put them back on the scientific agenda. There are plenty of mysteries that are still unravelled. Beyond that, we want to draw attention to contradictions and anomalies in the established scientific theories. We suspect that the keys to a better understanding of the world can be found there.
We believe that we can make a contribution to solving some of the grand enigmas and unravelled mysteries. To do this, we use a range of self-developed approaches that we designed to systematically examine problems and identify possible solutions. Over time, we will present these approaches on deep-though.org and apply them to unsolved scientific questions.
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Stephan Witt, born in Berlin in 1965, completed a banking apprenticeship and studied economics at the TU Berlin and the University of Illinois. He has more than 30 years of experience in the development of new companies, from business concept to practical realisation. Stephan works as a consultant, coach or interim manager. As a founder, he is active in various start-ups in the IT sector. As a cluster manager, he has built up the BioEconomy cluster around the long-standing chemical site Leuna. In addition to his practical work, he has been working on the theoretical foundations of disruptive innovations and complexity theory.
Matthias Kölbel was born in Leipzig in 1974. Being interested in a great variety of topics, he studied physics, philosophy and economics in Leipzig and Göttingen and completed his doctorate with Peter Weingart and Mohssen Massarrat on ‘Knowledge Management in Science’. As a professional auditor, he has trained a critical eye.
Tom Becker lives in Berlin and still goes to school. He wants to know how the world works. That's why he likes to ask questions and won't be fobbed off with incomplete or illogical explanations. He is particularly fascinated by computers and maths.
Werner Ahrendt was born in Leipzig, studied physics and was fascinated by philosophy and history. Although he did not become a scientist himself, he has had a lot to do with scientists in his professional life. Retired, he is now recollecting his thoughts and writes on this website. He lives either in Berlin or on his estate in the Spreewald.
Thoughts mainly mature in exchange with other people. Most of the articles on deep-thought.org are therefore open to votings and comments from readers. We would be delighted if many of our readers would make active use of this opportunity. However, we reserve the right to delete offensive or off-topic comments.
In case you can provide an alternative solution to one of the enigmas or if you want to suggest a new problem that we should deal with, please send an e-mail to
We are also looking for new members for our editorial team. If you could imagine enriching the editorial team with your skills, please send us an e-mail. Your application should include a letter of motivation explaining why you would like to work with us and what you can bring to the editorial team, as well as a CV.
