The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis. (Lawrence M. Krauss)

The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.

Lawrence M. Krauss

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