When
a man has come to realize that the stars in the night-sky are not
mere sources of light, and no mere playful phantasmagoria of the
firmament, but entire and absurdly remote worlds - perhaps worlds
more similar than ours than we want to imagine - then this man can
simply say: I can not understand this, but I can choose my reaction
towards it, and I can ask myself verily: is it a crowning achievement
of science, or of religion, the discovery of
extra-human intelligence beyond the stars? Most are inclined to say
that it is a discovery of science, but I am not sure of this. What if
- for the sake of this abstract argument - this intelligence
exercised serious influence on us, perhaps with means of
parapsychology? An extraterrestrial entity exercising
parapsychological influence on humankind, a matter of science or
religion? The people shall feel intuitively that the border between
science and religion is not a border very well defined anymore.
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