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Paranormal is Normal
So, this essay is a culmination of my thoughts on other people’s thoughts. I am insufficiently scholarly to delineate all the giants I’ve stood upon to arrive at the conclusions I have. There will be those of you more scholarly and will see the thread of other voices. I do not exclude anyone intentionally. My grammar issues are my issues. There will be this, too.
If your ever asked, why would reasonably smart person believe in ghosts, or aliens, or the paranormal- I will respond to this. I think, despite the grammatical evidence, I am reasonably intelligent. I am self-aware enough to know I am not self-aware enough. If you have ever heard the why question, but didn’t know how to respond- feel free to quote me, knowing that my line of reasoning has been influenced by others, and my own experience.
Let’s just jump to the heart of my thoughts. Assume for a moment all life on earth originated naturally. Assume evolution is a thing. There super good, evidence for evolution being a things, whether life happened naturally, artificially, or through the influence of a deity. The origin of life and the evolution of life can be considered two different domains.
If life happened on Earth, it is reasonable to conclude it happens everywhere there is a natural…
