“The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice”
— Richard Dawkins
Simplified Meaning:
Imagine the world as a giant lottery where everyone, including animals, plants, and humans, participates without choice. Every second, countless living beings go through pain and hardship, much more than we can easily imagine or understand. Nature operates through random events and survival instincts without any intention or fairness. Just like how some people win the lottery by luck while others work hard all their lives without winning, life can be very unfair. These forces act blindly, meaning they don't care who gets hurt or who gets lucky—it's all random. In this chaotic system, expecting everything to make sense or be fair is unrealistic; sometimes things just happen without any deeper meaning or justice behind them. Knowing this, we can try to show more compassion and understanding towards others who are suffering, realizing it’s not always their fault.
