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To: Vanders9
yet he advocates scepticism and rationality, neither of which are particularly conducive to generating “wonder”.

I disagree. I'm an extremely rational and logical person, who must be convinced of everything through solid evidence before I accept it as real. Yet I find wonder in the world all around me. The world contains plenty of material that captures the imagination.

18 posted on 06/06/2014 4:12:35 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

Yes, but as you say, the material captures the imagination, not your sense of logic or rationality. An appeal to a sense of wonder is not an appeal to rational examination, or logical deduction. It is an appeal to the more emotive parts of your being. Your soul if you like.


68 posted on 06/06/2014 5:07:00 PM PDT by Vanders9
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