bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they oug…

Richard Dawkins
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bad things, like good things don't happen any more often than they ought to by chance. the universe has no mind, no feelings, and no personality, so it doesn't do things in order to either hurt or please you. bad things happen because things happen. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2012). The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, p.226, Simon and Schuster
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