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To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable? Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Are answers to these questions even possible without expressing a profound bias of human sentiment? Of course humans were not around to ask these questions for 99.9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.
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The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they wield power, they write legislation. When you have scientifically illiterate adults, you have undermined the very fabric of what makes a nation wealthy and strong.
To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.
