Anyone who thinks silver has no real value is just showing their own ignorance.

It doesn't matter what "logical" thought processes you have gone through to arrive at that conclusion, literally the entire history of mankind shows that you have no clue what you are talking about.

Yes, its metal dug up out of the ground, and yes it has always been and always will be an intrinsic value store in the real world.

Spiritually speaking, it has no real value, but in monetary terms, it absolutely does.