Is it a stupid reason? Or did you just comprehend it in a very stupid way?
Why bother wasting your life finding that there are planets 10 light years away? How the hell will that help anything? All these brilliant minds that are focused on trying to discover why stars do what they do, or how far away some thing or another is, why aren't they trying to find a cure for some of the diseases on Earth? Trying to combat the problems on Earth in general. I just think it is pretty pointless, whoopdeedoo you can tell me how far a star is away, want a cookie? I'm not going to get a better nights sleep knowing that some star named OV 8677 is 10 light years away. I just think it is pretty pointless information. Do you think that helps us any? If anything it just proposes more questions, which leads to more money thrown away on space programs, that this country could desperately use at the moment.
I hope you re-consider what you said about ME making a "close-minded ignorant post". Perhaps you can just try to see someone else's point of view before bashing them on it next time.