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Comment author: LawrenceC 02 June 2015 03:18:52PM * 11 points [-]

"Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: it gives them something to do."

Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, on the topic of mysterious answers to mysterious questions.