我们所生活的世界对于我们大多数人来说几乎是无法理解的。几乎没有事实，无论是实际的还是想象中的，这会让我们感到惊讶，因为我们没有对世界的全面和一致的图景，这会使事实看起来是不可接受的矛盾。我们相信，因为没有理由不相信。
(the world we live in is very nearly incomprehensible to most of us. There is almost no fact, whether actual or imagined, that will surprise us for very long, since we have no comprehensive and consistent picture of the world that would make the fact appear as an unacceptable contradiction. We believe because there is no reason not to believe.)
