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Originally Posted by jammies
There are many aspects of reality, both natural and artificial, that engender a sense of wonder in me. Think about the Sun burning for almost 5 billion years, for just one example - and did you know if the sun was made of wood and was putting out the same amount of energy, it would only be able to burn for 3000 years? Think about the eye evolving independently many times and in many different ways(which, btw, is an argument for convergent evolution mandating similar solutions to similar problems faced by all biological organisms). Consider that we have created artificial elements never seen in the natural world, we've made entirely new kinds of matter.
Or, in the human realm, think about how amazing was Sarah Biffin, a 19th century artist who learned to paint despite having no arms or legs; how Slawomir Rawicz escaped the gulag in Siberia and walked four thousand miles to freedom in India, crossing the Gobi and the Himalayas on the way; and the astonishing coincidence of Newton and Leibniz independently and contemporaneously discovering the calculus.
There are countless well-grounded ideas and facts to marvel at without the far-fetched vapidity of UFOs or ghosts or healing crystals or whatever other extremely improbable popular garbage people glom onto instead. Look around you, the world is a beautiful orb of real magic, and believing in pseudo-plausible smoke dreams doesn't make you open-minded, it just means you lack the imagination to go find something real to admire.
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Excellent points there. And its very possible to do both - be interested in this topic yet still marvel at all the incredible events, coincidences, and "miracles" that take place around us on Earth and in our universe.
However, don't you find this topic worth discussing? as regardless of where your needle lies on the "aliens are real" meter - there is a very real story happening here. And whichever way it ends up going...I think its worth paying attention to.