"To say that Nature displays intelligence doesn't make you a Christian fundamentalist. Einstein said as much, and a fascinating theory called the anthropic principle has been seriously considered by Stephen Hawking, among others."
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Deepak Chopra, "Intelligent Design Without the Bible" in The Huffington Post (23 August 2005)
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