Stephen Hawking — "The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting a ve…"

The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies. We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be a pretty hefty waste of space.
Stephen Hawking — Stephen Hawking Contemporary · Black holes, cosmology

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From 'A Brief History of Time' (though often slightly paraphrased, this is close)

Date: 1988

Life & Aging

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