nature has no intentions. Nature is simply a personification of a complex system that ancient peoples were overawed by. And secondly, there is no such thing as unnatural.” “Of course there is. A car. An airplane,” Con countered. “A car? Please. A car is the most natural thing in the world.” “How? You don’t find cars in nature.” “Of course you do. Tens of millions of them,” Cabigail said. “That’s not nature, that’s Detroit.” “Are you arguing that humankind is itself unnatural?” “No, but—” Con said. “The anthill doesn’t exist without the ant. But if a human builds a house, according to you, that
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