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4.27sWhy are the laws of physics what they are, instead of some other laws?
3.97sTo find out, we'd have to recreate the conditions before the big bang.
7.87sIt would take decades of work by thousands of scientists in a particle accelerator powered by dump trucks of flaming grant money!
3.14sOf course, there'd be no guarantee of success,
3.1sand, in any case, I'd never live to see it.
1.85sI'm surprised you lived through that sentence.
2.14sSorry you wasted your life, Professor.
2.05sI guess you'll never know everything after all.
1.13sIndeed.
3.47sThe pursuit of knowledge is hopeless and eternal.
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1.23sHooray!
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