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Penn Jillette

The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss

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Is There a Difference Between Religion and Not?

I love the fact that there's so much more to know about the world is what keeps me going personally, every day. In some sense, I kind of think that's the difference between religion and not. And Fynman said that. I'm not afraid of not knowing. The people that don't like the mystery, the people that when there's a mystery there, they just believe the first thing they're told. Or they make up something and believe that. Just anything to shut out the mystery and stop them from thinking. What scientists want is more mystery. It was a whole monologue. That all culminates in teaching how to eat fire. It's all about fire.

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