The Nehor wrote:beefcalf wrote:When people observe strange phenomena that they do not understand, some of the more foolish among them might say crazy things like "I don't know what happened," but God's chosen people know the truth: 'it was them demons!'
It matched all the criteria so I diagnosed it.
If you have an alternate explanation (involving swamp gas and mind-control lasers?) feel free to share your reasoning.
The beauty of science is that it is full of "I don't knows." Indeed, the "I don't knows" delineate the frontier of new discovery. It is part-and-parcel of science. It's OK to not know (as long as you intend to then find out, that is).
Whatever happened to you on your mission, is it really proper to assign it to 'demons'? Why can't it simply be "I don't know what happened"? And in a world filled with scientific research on psychological phenomena, wouldn't you feel just a bit better with the jury still out?
When you find that you don't understand something, don't suddenly decide you do. In other words, when you don't understand something, accept that as the status quo. Running off wildly, screaming "fairies" or "demons" or "magic invisible unicorns" doesn't lend much to your credibility.