The greatest show on earth

After spending 500 pages endlessly repeating the same argument in search of evidence for evolution, Dawkins finally reveals what he really wants to say in the last chapter. To those who wander in search of the meaning of life and ultimately drag unnecessary hypotheses into their conclusions, natural selection—and the universe itself—can only respond with an endless meaninglessness. This declaration is shocking because the human species evolved precisely to seek meaning. Yet there is no need for regret. Meaning and meaninglessness, the self and the entirety of this world, are all part of the magnificent, greatest show on Earth—the grand spectacle of natural selection wrought by joy and suffering.

• 리처드 도킨스 지음, 김명남 옮김 (2009). 지상 최대의 쇼. 파주: 김영사

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