catseye
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I think this represents a paradox which is very common across the whole spectrum of interest in things we choose to call Fortean. To paraphrase something I've written elsewhere: It seems to me to be the case that people who promote themselves as the opposite of the close minded sceptic are very often simply replacing one orthodoxy with another - domesticating the inherent strangeness of an event by applying it to a simplistic framework which they can more easily understand and believe in; in this way they're really just as sceptical as anyone else, and much more so than some. They also entirely miss the point that some of the explanations offered are no less worthy of inspiring awe at the workings of nature, science or the human consciousness than the one they adhere to with religious ferocity.
I think the Douglas Adams quote is apposite here...'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?'