At Least The Fundamentalists Haven't Tried To

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My Interest In Biology Was Pretty Much Always On The Philosophical Side.

Most People Are Never Going To Die Because They Are Never Going To Be Born

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I Have Never Quite Understood - And This Is No Doubt My Failing - I Never Quite Understood Why You Would Read Fiction To Understand The Human Condition.