So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us,... - Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

"So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us, or at least our world, or at least our solar system, or at least our galaxy, have been disappointed, progressively disappointed. The universe is not responsive to our ambitious expectations."

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