the great philosopher spinoza was one of the first to talk about this notion of monism, the idea of all things being irreducible to one thing. and it is in science. in the very concept of the preservation of energy and matter, the idea that what ever exists now has always existed and will always exist as long as the universe exists. that's a scientific fact. and even there, scientists tend to call it pan psych is in. they don't use it or pantheism. they don't say all is god, they say all is psyche meaning all his mind or all is constant but thesehoare just words. there are just words . with the same idea. and i think what i want to do with this book, it's unusual. it's not like the other books i've written because this one has a very personal best. it's the first time i'm saying this is what i believe and it would be cool if other boat people believed it to. but that is ultimately what i want to do. that the british newspaper, the spectator accuse me of wanting to start my own religion. give reza aslan 10 years and he'll be wearing a turban and flying his own private jet and i was like