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Originally posted by metalholic
reply to post by Matthew Dark
btw alot of people that are abducted dont know they have implants and if they think they might have one they dont know where its located as ur dealing with medical science well above our own so if they dont want to leave a scar good luck finding it!
alot of people get abducted and dont know it fantasy land keeps them ignorant to the fact
[edit on 18-8-2010 by metalholic]
Originally posted by metalholic
reply to post by Human_Alien
ever heard of the majestic 12? i think that is the head to the government body..jus a theory though
[edit on 18-8-2010 by metalholic]
Originally posted by jritzmann
I fully understand what you're saying in most of your post, but this one sentence quoted above is part of the problem: we shouldn't be "swaying" anyone. This is not about belief, or educating anyone. It's not an ideology (although plenty of people in UFOLogy have turned it into that) - it's an experience.
I'm all about discussing the issue, but swaying? I'd rather have 10 people with critical thought involved than I would 100 dyed in the wool believers with their own preconceived pedestrian notions.
Make sense?
Originally posted by metalholic
hey man u do realise thats a lose lose situation for both parties right? every day critical thinkers become believers and possibly some believers become critical thinkers!
Originally posted by DoomsdayRex
I understand what you are saying, but we why should we not be seeking to educate?
Originally posted by metalholic
i dont care how critical someone thinks they are everyone can be broken! even a critical thinker can be a believer...how many critical thinkers u know are christians? if u even say 1 there ya go!
Originally posted by DoomsdayRex
Originally posted by jritzmann
I fully understand what you're saying in most of your post, but this one sentence quoted above is part of the problem: we shouldn't be "swaying" anyone. This is not about belief, or educating anyone. It's not an ideology (although plenty of people in UFOLogy have turned it into that) - it's an experience.
I'm all about discussing the issue, but swaying? I'd rather have 10 people with critical thought involved than I would 100 dyed in the wool believers with their own preconceived pedestrian notions.
Make sense?
I understand what you are saying, but we why should we not be seeking to educate? With education, any one of those 100 believers, depending on their intelligence and open-mindedness, can easily join the 10 critical thinkers.
NOVA: Could you please comment on the part of the quality of the evidence that is put forward by these so-called "abduction proponents."
SAGAN: Well, it's almost entirely anecdote. Someone says something happened to them...And, people can say anything. The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true.
To be taken seriously, you need physical evidence that can be examined at leisure by skeptical scientists: a scraping of the whole ship, and the discovery that it contains isotopic ratios that aren't present on earth, chemical elements form the so-called island of stability, very heavy elements that don't exist on earth. Or material of absolutely bizarre properties of many sorts—electrical conductivity or ductility. There are many things like that that would instantly give serious credence to an account.
But there's no scrapings, no interior photographs, no filched page from the captain's log book. All there are are stories. There are instances of disturbed soil, but I can disturb soil with a shovel. There are instances of people claiming to flash lights at UFOs and the UFOs flash back. But, pilots of airplanes can also flash back, especially if they think it would be a good joke to play on the UFO enthusiast. So, that does not constitute good evidence.