[ So far, his answer really boils down to ‘not magic’. Which he won’t say out loud, as this conversation has been ego bruising enough. At the perceived insult to his intelligence, his tone gets more defensive. ]

Uh, science? Which is broad, I know, but there hasn’t been a lot of time in the last five minutes to study the physiology of it. Just because something seems unexplainable doesn’t mean it is.

[ There are people who’d think his work was straight out of science fiction, let alone the whole spaceship aspect that's come to light recently. There’s no reason to believe human beings couldn’t adapt or be changed in some way to allow superpowers. ]

That, or you’re right and there’s a world where reason, along with physics and biology, goes straight out the window. Right next to the flying farm animals.