mind, neuroscience, and biochemistry—to make a cumulative case for the Maker Thesis, and end with a final discussion about how the Maker Thesis brings about a unified, smoothly integrated image of reality. A good analogy for the grand cosmic coherence the Maker Thesis offers is one of those wooden peg puzzles small children often play with. Surely you’ve seen at least one in passing; the puzzle has a main wooden board with relief cutouts into which specific pieces will fit, and each of the corresponding