Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. I have read and heard many attempts at a systematic account of it, from materialism and theosophy to the Christian system or that of Kant, and I have always felt that they were much too simple. I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy. That is the reason why I have no philosophy myself, and must be my excuse for dreaming. . J.B.S. Haldane
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"With regard to the queerness of the universe, I am not sure that it is not queerer than we can suppose. I have read and heard many attempts at a systematic account of it, from materialism and theosophy to the Christian system or that of Kant, and I have always felt that they were much too simple. I suspect that there are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamed of, or can be dreamed of, in any philosophy. That is the reason why I have no philosophy myself, and must be my excuse for dreaming." - H.G.

Wells The above quote by HG Wells is an example of how people can still think about life after death even without believing in any afterlife whatsoever. He talks about the "queerness" of life which implies unusualness or strangeness. He points out that there are so many things that are strange or unusual in this world but our perception just doesn't permit us to see them.

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