"Das Universum, das wir beobachten, hat genau die Eigenschaften, mit denen man rechnet, wenn dahinter kein Plan, keine Absicht, kein Gut oder Böse steht, nichts außer blinder, erbarmungsloser Gleichgültigkeit."
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Und es entsprang ein Fluß in Eden. Goldmann Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-442-12784-x. Übersetzer: Sebastian Vogel. S. 151
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Richard Dawkins
evolutionary biologist, ethologist, science writer
1941 · United Kingdom
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