(June 25, 2015 at 3:16 pm)Cato Wrote: I voted no. This summarizes my thoughts on the matter:
Napoleon: M. Laplace, they tell me you have written this large book [Système du Monde] on the system of the universe, and have never even mentioned its Creator.
Laplace: I have no need for this hypothesis.
I don't remember this conversation, this Laplace fellow sounds like a spiffing chap.