Personification and the imputing of intentional purpose is such a brilliantly successful way to model humans, it's hardly surprising the same modeling software often seizes control when we're trying to think about entities for which it's not appropriate, like Basil Fawlty with his car or like millions of deluded people, with the universe as a whole.
Personificering og tillæggelsen af intentionelle formål er sådan en fantastisk succesfuld måde at opstille mennesker, at det næppe er overraskende, at det samme modeleringssoftware ofte overtager kontrollen, når vi prøver at tænke på ting, for hvilke det ikke er passende, som Basil Fawlty med sin bil eller som millioner af desillusionerede mennesker med universet som helhed.