Jubal nodded and looked sour. "Solipsism and Pantheism.  Teamed together they can explain anything.  Cancel out any inconvenient fact, reconcile all theories, and include any facts or delusions you care to name.  Trouble is, it's just cotton candy, all taste and no substance - and as unsatisfactory as solving a story by saying: '-and then the little boy fell out of bed and woke up; it was just a dream.'"