It is better to not use rhetorical questions in a research paper because it adds informality. A rhetorical question is asking the readers something in second person and a research paper should always be written in third person.
With the years coming about and bringing new technalogical ways of interaction its more prevalent that humans would want to connect with nature because the majority of humans long for a connection with living beings.
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