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One could even argue that our creative endeavours and achievements and small acts of kindness are all the more impressive against the backdrop of a purposeless universe.

— 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.

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