To make something less confusing or to ake clearer
Wallace places emphasis on the word "adjust" because he is addressing our realities and way of thinking as "default." He expresses the importance of paying attention to your surroundings, and adjusting to other perspectives and ways of thinking. He compares our ignored experiences to the water fish swim in but were never taught to notice.
B.man vs nature, because the vegetation caused the bugs to hit the man so nature was technically against him