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It may be the fate of the universe to spend an eternity in darkness, save one brief flash of self-awareness in the middle of nowhere.

— Steve Stewart-Williams Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Think You Know (2010)

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Rather than the human brain evolving for God, God evolved for the human brain.

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We’re clusters of chemical reactions that contemplate deep truths about the nature of reality.

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Nature isn’t just a bloodbath; it’s also a vast, unending orgy.

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There are no average sex differences in IQ, for instance (much to the surprise and disappointment of both sexes).

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When you contemplate the universe, part of the universe becomes conscious of itself.

Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life: How Evolutionary Theory Undermines Everything You Think You Know (2010)

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One country, one constitution, one destiny.

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We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

John Lewis

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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