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"A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship" Martin Gardner
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"If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?" Martin Gardner
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"[The high number from the Middle East is only coincidence, he said.] It is no particular choice on our part, ... We accept visa trainees from those countries. We'd accept them from other countries, too, but we don't get their applications." Martin Gardner
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"There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry." Martin Gardner
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"Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals - the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned, if at all." Martin Gardner
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"Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?" Martin Gardner
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"A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship." Martin Gardner
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