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[QuiteContrary]

To put an end to belief in unexplained mysteries?

I fear we'd have to rewire the human brain, and I'm afraid we'd throw the "baby out with the bathwater" and loose imagination, creativity, etc. Think comic books, novels, movies, for starters.

But I admit all of the physiology and anatomy of the brain I know would fit on a dime.

Any thoughts?

[keninsc]

I think the vast majority of us are hard wired to try and fill in blanks. A great example of that is the JFK assassination, for years I believed it was a monstrous conspiracy of epic proportions. Turns out all it was is bad reporting, bad evidence......mainly due to a lack of good technology........some intentional lies told, spurred by territorial disputes between state and federal police agencies. At one point in Dallas the SS and Dallas Police very near drew guns on each other over who was in charge. Then comes Oliver Stone and his own rendition of what happened......you would be shocked at how many people quote the movie........which isn't a historical documentary but rather a story......."based"..........on the events. Which means it's a work of fiction. But this is how we are as humans.

In cases like Bigfoot, UFO's, Ghosts, etc, you simply can't account for everything because we don't know everything there is to know about such things and that opens the door to play around in the fuzzy areas.

[StarMountainKid]

If you've ever read the novel "1984" by George Orwell, in that society imagination is removed by limiting language.  If there is no word for some concept like "wonder", for instance, as in, "I wonder what the stars are," that idea cannot be expressed.

You may feel the emotion of 'wonderment', but you could not express that emotion to anyone else, as you have no word for it. Pearing down language to only a few utilitarian words would do the trick. No more unexplained mysteries because the words 'unexplained' and 'mystery' are not in your vocabulary.

[Armchair Educated]

i have never heard some one say 'throw the "baby out with the bathwater"

[QuiteContrary]

Ever Learning, on 02 July 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

i have never heard some one say 'throw the "baby out with the bathwater"

It's an old phrase, in the states, that is. Getting rid of the good with the bad.

[Darkwind]

Every once in a while an unexplained mystery becomes explained for real. I don't want to mess out on that.  Besides think of all the fun we would miss.

[QuiteContrary]

keninsc, on 02 July 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

I think the vast majority of us are hard wired to try and fill in blanks. A great example of that is the JFK assassination, for years I believed it was a monstrous conspiracy of epic proportions. Turns out all it was is bad reporting, bad evidence......mainly due to a lack of good technology........some intentional lies told, spurred by territorial disputes between state and federal police agencies. At one point in Dallas the SS and Dallas Police very near drew guns on each other over who was in charge. Then comes Oliver Stone and his own rendition of what happened......you would be shocked at how many people quote the movie........which isn't a historical documentary but rather a story......."based"..........on the events. Which means it's a work of fiction. But this is how we are as humans.

In cases like Bigfoot, UFO's, Ghosts, etc, you simply can't account for everything because we don't know everything there is to know about such things and that opens the door to play around in the fuzzy areas.

Yes, it is the "fuzzy areas" I wonder about losing.

StarMountainKid, on 02 July 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

If you've ever read the novel "1984" by George Orwell, in that society imagination is removed by limiting language.  If there is no word for some concept like "wonder", for instance, as in, "I wonder what the stars are," that idea cannot be expressed.

You may feel the emotion of 'wonderment', but you could not express that emotion to anyone else, as you have no word for it. Pearing down language to only a few utilitarian words would do the trick. No more unexplained mysteries because the words 'unexplained' and 'mystery' are not in your vocabulary.

Interesting!

Edited by QuiteContrary, 02 July 2012 - 11:15 PM.

[Earl.Of.Trumps]

I truly enjoy analysing things... anything.

that is why the name of this site - "UNEXPLAINED-MYSTERIES", tripped my trigger.

even as a kid I loved telly shows like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" - a real good mystery show.

"... and I'm Lovin' it"

[QuiteContrary]

Earl.Of.Trumps, on 02 July 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

I truly enjoy analysing things... anything.

that is why the name of this site - "UNEXPLAINED-MYSTERIES", tripped my trigger.

even as a kid I loved telly shows like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" - a real good mystery show.

"... and I'm Lovin' it"

I love mysteries too!

[Leave Britney alone!]

Long ago when the poor would bathe, since gathering water was labor intensive and required servants to heat, a whole family would share the same bath water from oldest to youngest. The baby got the dirtiest water so....do not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

[Seeker79]

If we throw out the unexplained things, then nothing will get explained. It dosnt make any sense.  We could create quite a dogmatic world if one group was allowed to dictate what is right or explained and what is not.

[Leave Britney alone!]

Given enough time we will have eventually solved every mystery and exposed all myths.

[QuiteContrary]

Lookitisoneofthosepeople, on 03 July 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

Given enough time we will have eventually solved every mystery and exposed all myths.

Would that mean human's imagination has an end?
That there is a limit, a "last" myth or mystery?

[R4z3rsPar4d0x]

StarMountainKid, on 02 July 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

If you've ever read the novel "1984" by George Orwell, in that society imagination is removed by limiting language.  If there is no word for some concept like "wonder", for instance, as in, "I wonder what the stars are," that idea cannot be expressed.

You may feel the emotion of 'wonderment', but you could not express that emotion to anyone else, as you have no word for it. Pearing down language to only a few utilitarian words would do the trick. No more unexplained mysteries because the words 'unexplained' and 'mystery' are not in your vocabulary.

Wait can you explain something to me I may be misunderstanding, your saying just because a certain word doesnt exist in your vocabulary that means that you can no longer experience that feeling?

[R4z3rsPar4d0x]

If you ended all belief in unexplained mysteries what would scientist do? wouldnt that put all scientist out of work?