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Chapter 15
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Why does Paine argue that a plurality of worlds benefits humanity's pursuit of knowledge?
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Because more worlds mean more resources to plunder
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Because the visible revolutions of multiple worlds around the sun are what taught humanity the scientific principles from which all mechanical arts derive — a single solitary globe would not have provided this "universal school of science"
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Because each world has a separate god watching over it
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Because it proves the Bible's account of creation is correct
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