Blindness to suffering is an inherent consequence of natural selection. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent. (Richard Dawkins)

Blindness to suffering is an inherent consequence of natural selection. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent.

Richard Dawkins

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