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originally posted by: Jay-morris
It's quite obvious that it has been drilled into people's minds that there is nothing strange regarding ufos. That the only people who see them are drunks, wackos, attention seekers etc.
originally posted by: Lumenari
originally posted by: Slinki
a reply to: Woodcarver
You have absolutely no way to prove that anything Lumenari said was "faked". That is your opinion.
As far as I am concerned, anything is possible, and to write someone off as a kook simply because they haven't provided pictures and crystal clear video and blah blah blah the second you demand it - is ridiculous.
It's like this...
I remember my 8th birthday vividly. I got a nice red bike from my Grandma, I had friends and family there.
The birthday cake was my favorite... strawberry cake with vanilla icing.
I remember being worried that I would not blow all the candles out and I was happy that people were singing.
A long time later, I post online that I had strawberry cake with vanilla icing on it on my 8th birthday.
Someone replies...
As far as your claims. They are not credible in the slightest bit to me. I call shenanigans and i insist you prove them, or i will simply dismiss you as someone who can’t distinguish fantasy from reality. There are plenty of those people floating around making absurd claims without the means to back them up, or the education to convice me that you are credible.
Now, I cannot prove that I had strawberry birthday cake with vanilla icing for my 8th birthday.
I have no real means to do that... the few birthday pictures do not show the cake.
I can ask my parents to back me up on that, but sadly witnesses do not mean anything either in this case.
So not only am I delusional and cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, I do not have the education to back it up.
The education part of the "slam" I found particularly funny though.
But here we are...
originally posted by: Lumenari
a reply to: 1point92AU
Thank you and feel free to do so.
It frustrates me sometimes that a website that wants to talk about conspiracy topics (ATS) has members with such an attitude that I personally am shamed into not even telling my experiences in the UFO category.
Although it is not just this site... I've had bad experiences on other ones before here and I like this place so will just keep quiet about something that everyone worldwide should just be able to talk about, sort out their experiences and see if at least there is a common thread on some of it.
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: Jay-morris
Agreed. And if any speculation is to be done, explanations should clearly side with natural causes; military aircraft, Remote control vehicles, and other Mundane causes, way before we get into Speculating about extreme and unreasonable causes.
originally posted by: 1point92AU
So the very thing people denounce (i.e. observation) they so hypocritically support (i.e. observation) but only when it follows a prescribed path according to their indoctrination.
originally posted by: ArMaP
I'm not a scientist, but I think the main characteristic of the observation accepted by science is "repeatability", something that, but it's very nature, is hard to have in UFO cases.
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: 1point92AU
So the very thing people denounce (i.e. observation) they so hypocritically support (i.e. observation) but only when it follows a prescribed path according to their indoctrination.
I'm not a scientist, but I think the main characteristic of the observation accepted by science is "repeatability", something that, but it's very nature, is hard to have in UFO cases.
originally posted by: 1point92AU
You don't have to be a scientist to understand the scientific method. You would be wrong in your characterization. Go learn about it. It's a very easy search string. There is no "repeatability" step in the scientific method. It's called testing your hypothesis.
If you've every correctly done a science fair project while in school then you would have adhered to the scientific method. Or at least you should have.
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: 1point92AU
You don't have to be a scientist to understand the scientific method. You would be wrong in your characterization. Go learn about it. It's a very easy search string. There is no "repeatability" step in the scientific method. It's called testing your hypothesis.
Does that mean that you make one observation and base all your work on only that observation?
If you've every correctly done a science fair project while in school then you would have adhered to the scientific method. Or at least you should have.
The Portuguese school system of the 60s and 70s was nothing like the US system, no science fairs or anything like that.
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: Jay-morris
Agreed. And if any speculation is to be done, explanations should clearly side with natural causes; military aircraft, Remote control vehicles, and other Mundane causes, way before we get into Speculating about extreme and unreasonable causes.
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: 1point92AU
I'm not here to educate you.
Thankfully.