a multiverse—bursting with alien life? Even our own existence is an unlooked-for wonder, and we have not even begun to scratch the surface of mysteries like the nature of our own consciousness. However, without a divine presence, without a designer, it is little wonder that the world is stacked with suffering. In fact, scientifically speaking, suffering is an advanced product of life; our ability to feel suffering has been honed over countless generations because it is an advantage to survival. We