MEET THE PLATYPUS, THE ALA CARTE MAMMAL: I’m betting you, like me, had no idea just how unique this odd looking creature really is. Is its assortment of features that seem borrowed from other animals a result of chance or purposeful design?

And why should you care? Because ultimately, freedom is just nothing left to lose when existence is all shaped by chance or materialistic determinism. Like they say, faith, philosophy and science are all three upstream from politics.