Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.

Because the living environment is what really sustains us.

In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.

The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.