“That the universe is indifferent and disinterested is a truth with which most of us are reconciled. But we had thought that at least the world made some sense–that what we see and experience is some rough approximation of the way the universe actually is. How could my heroes have had any way of knowing how untrue that is? Of knowing that nature’s most basic building block, its most fundamental ingredient–time itself–is in reality a bit of an imbecile and in dire need of adult supervision.”