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There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine.

There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine.

Approximate author period: c. 1899 AD · industrial

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Nikola Tesla
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Approximate author period: c. 1899 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Nikola Tesla: life dates 1856 to 1943. Wikidata Q9036, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9036 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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