WednesdayAug 12, 2026
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If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later, such a religion will emerge.
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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