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The Ladies' Paradise
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Cormac McCarthy
“Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.”
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

“... if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.”
Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

Jonathan Haidt
“Our moral thinking is much more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth.”
Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion

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