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"In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that... and perhaps more, only one of each of us."

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Yes, and every time science espies a breakthrough so close at hand, it has to hack through the kudzu-like underbrush of belief. Imagine how different the current generation of young adults would be had they been fed a steady diet of Sagan and Tyson rather than Biblical dream weavers.

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But if we did that, they'd all be socialists and cat ladies. Think the big picture, Jack.

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Drat. I knew there was a downside to making ignorance less cool.

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In a word: expansive. Another Jew?

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