You want "Reality" we are basically like a Cannibal, ghastly Cult:-- we subsist on the dead bodies of our ancestors and distant relatives "Coal, oil & gas are called fossil fuels because they are made from the fossil remains of beings from long ago . The chemical energy within them is a kind of stored sunlight originally accumulated by ancient plants. Our civilization runs by burning the remains of humble creatures who inhabited the Earth hundreds of millions of years before the first humans came on the scene." Carl Sagan; Billions & Billions: The Warming of the World
You want "Reality" we are basically like a Cannibal, ghastly Cult:-- we subsist on the dead bodies of our ancestors and distant relatives "Coal, oil & gas are called fossil fuels because they are made from the fossil remains of beings from long ago . The chemical energy within them is a kind of stored sunlight originally accumulated by ancient plants. Our civilization runs by burning the remains of humble creatures who inhabited the Earth hundreds of millions of years before the first humans came on the scene." Carl Sagan; Billions & Billions: The Warming of the World