Stardust, gas, hydrogen, fire, atoms from stars, molecules, microorganisms, bacteria, cells, algae, plants, oxygen, insects, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, vertebrates, explosions, gases, volcanos, rain, floods, climate change, meteorites, mammals, primates, centuries and centuries of evolution, and all I can make of it is that we are the children of chance. We move through time propelled by the energy of the great explosion that made us, swept along in the undertow of the great initial stampede. And thus we get up to make breakfast each morning, oblivious of how our organs, our genes,
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