“Could it really be that sentient beings have died, absolutely, for millions of years. …with no soul and no afterlife… not as any grand plan of Nature, not to teach us about the meaning of life, not even to teach a profound lesson about what is impossible, but… just because? Dead forever, in a world beyond the reach of God.”

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, Beyond the Reach of God (abridged by Raymond Arnold, Nate Soares)