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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (82271)1/26/2010 8:47:47 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
"Your presumption is erroneous. I do consider the "ethereal aspects of existence". I was asking you why the poppycock about religious claims ...

So then, let's set aside religious claims for the time being, since neither of us is answerable to 'claims' other than those we should each make on our own behalf... and let us consider the ethereal on it's own merit.

There are simple statements that we can all address. For example, normally intelligent human beings are inclined to wonder. A couple of big questions driving scientists and thinkers from all genres are ... What if? and Why?

'Wonder' is at center stage to human curiosity. We could make some simple presumptions and test them out. Why are humans curious as they are? If we presume, it is a function evolved from human need to explore the environment in the interests of survival. Abraham Maslow didn't think so when he developed his pyramid of needs, and most of modern thinking about why humans attend to the things they do has adopted in part or as a whole his perspective of the multi-dimensional human being who will attend to circumstance based on the level of needs which remain unmet.

Survival doesn't satisfy the question of why some take the road less traveled, why some risk life or limb to investigate uncertainties or for a cause larger than survival. It doesn't suffice as an explanation for why perfectly comfortable people take risks just to seek novel sensation and adventure.
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