Conrad: To say that Big C might be more interested in new possibilities makes him utterly human.
I will not deny that humans share this characteristic up to a point, when they devote themselves to being creative. But the very point of creativity is that humans create reality, and become real. It is this reality that karw talked of, as far as I understood him, and I wanted to question whether this reality is equally important, or necessary, for Big C. If it isn't, that rather detracts from Big C's humanity, ontologically speaking.
I fully agree that Big C is an unfounded and unasked for hypothesis, on the same level as possible viruses in some unknown location. That is why Big C almost never is being used as a hypothesis (the exception being fundamentalist creation 'scientists'). But if you want to reduce language to the construction and refutation of hypotheses, that is your problem. As soon as you leave the scientific and objective use of language, the silence around Big C becomes a bit less ear-deafening. After all, lots of people have talked and talk about their experiences with Big C. But not objectively, no.
Regards,
Karel