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Originally Posted by Metro Gnome
It has nothing to do with having an "open mind". It has to do with logic and evidence. Do you believe in dragons that live in the center of the earth? No? That's because it's what's called an "arbitrary assertion". Meaning, it has no place in rational discussion because it's made up - it's hooey - there's no evidence for it.
People believed the Earth was flat...until it was proved that the Earth is, in fact, round. So, until flying aliens land and say hello, all the talk about "well there could be life elsewhere" is pure imagination and is rightly discounted as fiction.
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it has everything to do with an open mind. if you only believe what can be explained thru common knowledge, you are confined to a particular box you cannot think outside of. logic is the system or principles of reasoning applicable to any branch of knowledge or study. if we do not 'know' something, logic cannot apply to it. logic comes from knowledge of a subject.
when you were a child, you most likely believed in santa clause, the tooth fairy and the easter bunny. you believed in these mythical characters because 'evidece' in the form of presents were under the tree, money under your pillow and chocolate egg hunts. you never saw santa, the fairy or a bunny, but you did believe because you weren't close minded enough to disprove anything you can't see or understand.
if you are religious, do you believe in god? you've never seen him, yet millions believe he exists because they are open minded to the possibility.
it's all about an open mind with no boundaries of thought.