The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the…

Richard Dawkins
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The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2011). The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, p.266, Simon and Schuster
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The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2011). The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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