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> ['What is the purpose of the universe?' is a silly question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-universe-is-a-silly-question/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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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 that abstract somethings 'just happened' to be atoms that 'just happened' to get together in ways which 'just…](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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