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There is something so mysterious that it is almost like God. God is in the equations. God is in the fundamental constants. And that's fine. I mean, that's just redefinition of that which we find mysterious at the basis of the universe.

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Richard Dawkins
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 26
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