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We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

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Michael Shermer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 8
Historian Of Science
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Glendale
California
USA
Michael Brant Shermer
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We are a fluke of nature, a quirk of evolution, a glorious contingency.
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Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the here-and-now instead of a hoped-for hereafter, and make every day count in some meaningful way and do something-no matter how small it is-to make the world a better place.
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Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.
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