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The expansion of life, moving out from Earth into its inheritance, is an even greater theme than the expansion of England across the Atlantic. As Hakluyt wrote that there is under our noses the great and ample country of Virginia, I am saying that there is under our noses the territory of nine planets, forty moons, ten thousand asteroids and a trillion comets.

— Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

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The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.

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An awareness of our smallness may help to redeem us from the arrogance which is the besetting sin of the scientists.

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