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Later that night, in an experience of pot-induced mysticism, Marty realized that the difference between humans and cockroaches is that humans can ask, “What is it to drink water?” whereas cockroaches can only drink water and cannot ask what it is for. But the difference between men and gods is that men are satisfied with the answer: “Replenishing the body with fluid,” as if it answers anything at all; whereas gods can answer the question with something other than replacing one question with another, unexplained words in explanation of words.

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