Physicists, astronomers, and astrophysicists - 3 Yes or most likely yes(the link to Paul Davies' essay lists his answer as "Perhaps", but in the essay, he consi

Physicists, astronomers, and astrophysicists - 3 Yes or most likely yes(the link to Paul Davies' essay lists his answer as "Perhaps", but in the essay, he consistently argues in favor of the universe having purpose), 2 No or most likely no. Chemists - 2 No, although de Duve's essay does not seem to disagree with finding a greater meaning in the universe, but merely with the terminology of the question. Humanities and social sciences - 2 Yes. Theologians - 2 Yes. Computer scientist - 1 Yes. It seems to me to be inaccurate to claim that the physical scientists tend towards uncertainty. None of them express uncertainty in their essays answering the question. They are fairly evenly split between belief in purpose for the universe and lack of such belief, however. Your judgment about the theologians, social scientists, etc. leaning towards yes is much more supported by their answers, since they all did say something which is equivalent to yes.