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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
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.
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See this is the most silly claim made by people who think being skeptical of these claims is equal to closed mindedness.
Carl Sagan hoped more than anything that it was true, as a kid it was a very real thing to him that it could be real. He wanted it to be true all the way through his life, but he like myself and other skeptics know there is not a shred of evidence yet for it and until then we can hope it to be true but obviously as of yet nothing has been proven otherwise.
If you have the time this
Outstanding video on Open-Mindedness by one of the real brilliant youtuber's
Qualiasoup of
Superstitious Pigeon/Arguing with Ghosts/Instruction manual for life.