Why nature matters — philosophical and scientific case

The case for nature is not sentimental — it is structural: we evolved inside it for a million years, and the systems that run our bodies, minds, and social lives were shaped by it long before there were cities to keep us indoors. Nasreddin spent most of his time outside not because he was a nature philosopher but because the walls of a room were simply insufficient for the kind of thinking he was doing. Every argument for staying inside carries a hidden cost that does not appear on the invoice.