The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died

The theoretical fruits of deliberate oversimplification through idealization are not to be denied... Reality in all its messy particularity is too complicated to theorize about, taken straight. The issue is, rather (since every idealization is a strategic choice), which idealizations might really shed some light... which will just land us... diverting fairy tales.

I think many people are terribly afraid of being demoted by the Darwinian scheme from the role of authors and creators in their own right into being just places where things happen in the universe.

Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery.

Go ahead and believe in God , if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.

It's a no win situation. It's a mug's game. The religions have contrived to make it impossible to disagree with them critically without being rude. They play the hurt feelings card at every opportunity.

Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.