It Is Not So Much That We,

Churches Have Given Us Great Treasures Such As Music And Architecture. Whether That Pays For The Harm They Have Done Is Another Matter.

True, You Don't Have To Be Religious To Be Crazy, But It Helps. Indeed, If You Are Religious, You Don't Have To Be Crazy In The Medically Certifiable Sense In Order To Do Massively Crazy Things.

If Nobody Cares, Then It Doesn't Matter What Happens To Flowers.

... There Could Be Talking Bunny Rabbits, Spiders Who Write English Messages In Their Webs, And For That Matter, Melancholy Choo-choo Trains. There Could Be, I Suppose, But There Aren't-so My Theory Doesn't Have To Explain Them.

If The Best The Roboticists Can Hope For Is The Creation Of Some Crude, Cheesy, Second-rate, Artificial Consciousness, They Still Win.