I *did* grasp - but he was arguing with something he thought *I* had said, so I was correcting his misapprehension.

Of course if things make no sense then there is no sense to be made from them. But that isn't what I meant, nor is it actually what I said.

I meant that the universe has no PURPOSE - and in that sense, makes no sense.

Nobody sensible, I think, is arguing that there are no laws of nature which can be discovered through research.

Like the sign on Daddy's office wall - I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.