I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

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Also, as quoted in "The Relentless Rise of Science as Fun", by Jeremy Burgess, in New Scientist, Volume 143, Issues 1932-1945, originally published 1994.

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