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> [A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something symbolically, as we do when we speak or write, is somehow to capture it, thus making it one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinz-pagels/a-good-simulation-be-it-a-religious-myth-or-scientific-theory-gives/)

[Heinz Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinz-pagels/)

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