Was that Douglas Adams? I remember Richard Dawkins using that as an example. I always thought it was a really good analogy.
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoImagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!”
- Douglas Adams
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes, it was Douglas Adams, first published in The Salmon of Doubt.
stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
“Oh no, not again”
- bowl of petunias