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> [“The Universe was a damned silly place at best . . . but the least likely explanation for its existence was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-universe-was-a-damned-silly-place-at-best-but-the-least-likely/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-universe-was-a-silly-place-at-best-but-the-least-likely/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [“The Universe was a damned silly place at best . . . but the least likely explanation for its existence was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-universe-was-a-damned-silly-place-at-best-but-the-least-likely-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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