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McFly — (archived)

I think the reason we skeptics are more willing to entertain mundane explanations is that they don't demand extraordinary proof, which seems to be in short supply. There may be lots of speculation--which is all well and good--but speculation isn't explanation.

As much as anyone else on this board, I want to beleive that the universe is teeming with life and civilizations, and I enjoy speculation that such is the case, but there doesn't seem to be *any* real evidence that truly leads in that direction. Sure, there are lots of mysteries upon which we can pile even more speculation, but it seems to me that while the open mind loves possibilities, it's perhaps shy about drawing conclusions, especially when those conclusions are only thinly supported, and other explantions still abound.

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