cyberdad wrote:
Lecia_Wynter wrote:
Occams razor is not automatically true.
When it comes to the paranormal, occam's razor has been historically weaponised. The level of dogmatic adherence to explaining away phenomena (invoking swamp gas, birds or stars) that can't be explained is great enough that the fear stigma from even asking questions is beginning to resemble what Galilieo, Copernicus and Hypatia had to endure.
There is one essential difference between you and those others.
They were correct.
The mere fact that
some geniuses are laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. People also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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The mere fact that science may not yet adequately explain an object, event, or experience does not mean the immediate explanation should automatically default to a conspiratorial, extraterrestrial, paranormal, or supernatural cause.