To fulfill the human need to impose order on phenomenon otherwise inexplicable them human beings invent such artifacts as magic and miracles . If dangers could be forestalled by human acts, then it made good sense to face the dangers and head them off. If it was deemed necessary to sacrifice a community s most precious possessions to appease an angry god s wrath, then the killing of an innocent or a whole passel of innocents was a small price to pay to preserve the entire culture. The physical world is a mundane place. It is governed by immutable rules that humans call laws of nature .
Humans seem driven to explain phenomena.
Nature is absolutely indifferent to the human condition and governs by the rule of randomness. Nature makes no deals with individuals or cultures, and Nature has no favorites. There exists a direct correlation between rational behavior and the ability to thrive. Survival of individuals and the species depends upon the choices made by individuals and the human race . F. Life is a mundane experience.