Group think, for a group of monkeys. That's what I mean. Is it totally impossible that there was ever any source of outside influence to have ever happened in man's history?
Of course it is not totally impossible, however since this is an 'extreme' claim the burden of proof is on you.
Taking your point from a different perspective, if there has been no outside influence then your views have been shaped by the same forces that shaped those whose views you challenge. That would suggest your own views are equally unreliable. The only likely way in which this would notbe the case is if you have been directly influenced by outside, i.e. alien, forces. Do you believe you have been so influenced?
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Because in man's mind ... men are so great that they can explain everything.
That's interesting. The expectation that we can explain everything is often inversely proportional to the individual's ability to explain anything. In my experience the great thinkers recognise the depths of our ignorance and limits of our ability to remove that ignorance. You seem to be talking here more about Mr. Average, than about Mankind.
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That's interesting. The expectation that we can explain everything is often inversely proportional to the individual's ability to explain anything. In my experience the great thinkers recognise the depths of our ignorance and limits of our ability to remove that ignorance. You seem to be talking here more about Mr. Average, than about Mankind.
There is no way there could possibly be something like God without "proof" and there is no way there could possibly be anything like aliens without proof.
You are erecting a strawman argument. No one whose opinion need be taken seriously is claiming any such thing, so why even raise it.