The obvious explanation is it's kind of a surprise thing, the sudden sort of visual arrival of human beings, and this was something we didn't expect at all.

Ah, well, when you explain it like that, it seems obvious," said Mudge. "Of course, it always seems obvious once it's been explained.

For some reason, the evolutionists have not come up with an evolution-based explanation for why human beings react so powerfully to music. But surely they will.

These are human beings; that's kind of a biologically indisputable fact.

I think the dual existence thing is a regular pastime for all human beings, and for that matter anything in this universe.

It was sort of something that I had wanted to do, but it was a surprise, ... It's a very interesting essay on people and how they approach their work, and how they approach each other, and how they see themselves.