Why are we here? Dan from Salt Lake has been bitten by the "existential water beetle". Dan, your question comes at an appropriate time, as former Supertectonics consultant, Dr. Stiles Rambeux, who now resides within a geodesic dome high above the canopy of a remote old growth rainforest in Uppermost Brazil, has finally gotten his email working long enough to send us his most recent work, "Why Are We Here? A Manifesto on the Meaninglessness of Everything". Dr. Rambeux's work takes us deep into his convoluted theories on *Involuntary Evil* and even touches upon the question raised by Ross of Dublin, Ireland "Are we here?" but his thesis, ultimately, is very succinct. Here is an excerpt from page 918, "If one accepts that they are, in fact, not merely a faint, magnetic spacial refraction and that indeed, as a corporeal being they do, in fact, 'exist', then I relay this advice: do not assume that you are anything more than biological happenstance; in so doing, you will be able, at the very least, to know that your existence, although purposeless, is true." Although Stiles' lack of fresh water is threatening, Dan, we believe he is still one of the best!