Carolina QuotesWhen it comes to understanding the future, history is bunk (...) There is no place history is heading, except toward the maximum-entropy heat death of the universe.
Alexander Rosenberg Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)
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