I now have it on competent authority that in a not-too-remote alternate universe, Adam and Eve, either less inquisitive or more leery of repercussions than they were in ours, could not be tempted to partake of the Tree of Knowledge. There was no Fall of Man, Nod is underpopulated, fig trees are foliated, snakes have legs, and God still runs the show in Eden. Never having caught on to the Big Picture, incurious Edenites may be excused an occasional lapse in rationality. If their behavior also seems a tad venal, that's only to be expected from folks who never learned Right from Wrong, who have no shame, and whose behavior must still be directed by an occasional Moral Obligation from the Almighty. For instance, the fruit industry (oranges, lemons, and grapefruit only—apples verboten) is as oddly managed there as treatment of renal failure (in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis, and renal transplantation)