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“The universe is cast. More cast than anyone can fathom. But I was out of my mind, back then. I challenged the God who created that great infinity I was trying to quantify. Space development was my sin, and my punishment. We humans thirst for true love but cannot find it. And so, we cannot help but wander the cosmos searching.”

“Discovering truth is the quest of a scientist. God is out there, hiding in the vastness of space, just watching our pain. I’m not so generous as to keep letting him do that forever. And if, as they say, God is love, then we should become God. Otherwise, God continues to hide and we humans never know true love.”