Presumably there is indeed no purpose in the ultimate fate of the cosmos, but do any of us really tie our life's hopes to the ultimate fate of the cosmos anyway? Of course we don't; not if we are sane. Our lives are ruled by all sorts of closer, warmer, human ambitions and perceptions.
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But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it.
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We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
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Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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Once a viral program gets started, there is nothing to stop it.
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