Finally getting back to some reading, and figured I might as well share.

Scott Adams is well know for creating the insightful, wacky, and sometimes thought-provoking office-space style comic Dilbert. This being said, he book God's Debris has nothing to do with bad managment or equally bad hair, stealing office supplies, or power-hungry canines.

The basic plot (yes, this is a fictional story with philosophical theories) is that of a delivery guy who ends up in a days-long conversation with a myserious old man (which might explain why your order from eBay isn't here yet). Over the course of the dialogue, the old man explains the reality of the universe to the young man, while we, the readers, are given pieces of the conversation to mull over ourselves.

Religion, God, probability, light, ESP, and even women - the old man seems to have an answer for everything. And the answers are surprising - for the theist and atheist alike. In one chapter the theory of evolution is criticized as "incomplete and useless" and in another - well, it would suffice to say that most organized religions would consider the "reality" of God blasphemous.

An entertaining and quick read, but certainly worthwhile to get your mind going or to start converstations.

Oh yes, and one cannot complain about the price - Adams is now giving the eBook away free on his blog.

There may not be an original thought in the book, but something must be said in the way of congratualtions to Mr. Adams for creating a mass-market book that talks about "first things." No one seems to do that anymore.

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