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Introduction. Many thousands of people around the world firmly believe that they have been abducted by alien beings and taken on board spaceships where they have been subjected to painful medical examination. Method. Given that such accounts are almost certainly untrue
Originally posted by Dulcimer
However you choose to view the subject, you also have to analyze things from both sides.
You need proof that shows these things are actually happening.
You also need proof they are not happening.
I dint think either side has explained enough to ever come to a conclusion.
For scientists and such to look into this issue is risky enough. There is a serious credibility factor.
I'm amazed its studied at all.
Originally posted by Dulcimer
However you choose to view the subject, you also have to analyze things from both sides.
You need proof that shows these things are actually happening.
You also need proof they are not happening.
I dint think either side has explained enough to ever come to a conclusion.
For scientists and such to look into this issue is risky enough. There is a serious credibility factor.
I'm amazed its studied at all.
Dulcimer ..For scientists and such to look into this issue is risky enough. There is a serious credibility factor.
I'm amazed its studied at all.
Would you like to help with a study of a strange sleep phenomenon that may shed light on memory, the contents of our dreams and even alien abduction?
The study has been triggered in part by the emergence in recent decades of "a most bizarre phenomenon", according to Prof Chris French, head of the Anomolistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College in London.
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To investigate, Prof French compared 19 alleged "abductees" and 19 age- and gender-matched volunteers. Last week, he told a meeting in the Science Museum's Dana Centre that these "experiencers" scored more highly in a number of areas, including belief in the paranormal and a tendency to hallucinate.
Many had a history of sleep paralysis, a penumbra of consciousness when sufferers sense the presence of a nearby threat, either when falling asleep or awakening.
"These findings show that it is possible to carry out good science in this controversial area, and start to discover what lies behind these unusual reports," said Prof Richard Wiseman, University of Hertfordshire. ''Of course," he added, "it is always possible that Prof French has been abducted by aliens, and unknowingly had these ideas put into his head to prevent the real truth emerging.''