Reality itself is infinitely more complex than one's ground-level perspective of it. Yes, I confess my view of reality is that of Anglican physicist Ian Barbour's Critical Realism: Reality concretely is; has its own independent existence despite our slanted and skewed views of it; and feels no need to bend or twist itself to fit our expectations or definition of it. Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" begins with a gripping opening description of Monterey's seedy Cannery Row.