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It is even harder to realize that this present universe has evolved from an unspeakably… — Steven Weinberg

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It is even harder to realize that this present universe has evolved from an unspeakably unfamiliar early condition, and faces a future extinction of endless cold or intolerable heat. The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.

Steven Weinberg
1977
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The universe
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1977
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Steven Weinberg
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Weinberg, Steven. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe. Basic Books, 1977, epilogue.

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