For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe
as it really is than to persist in delusion,
however satisfying and reassuring.Carl Sagan
I quoted some bullshit pseudo-science mega-number in one of the books. It was a decimal point followed by a shitload of zeroes and finally a one, and this was supposed to represent the scientific odds against a planet like earth occurring. In an infinite universe, I guess, those are still pretty good odds.