The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. — Richard Dawkins · Skopia

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The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

Richard Dawkins

1986

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Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. Norton & Company, 1986, ch. 11.

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