Originally posted by gift0fpr0phecy
It's never ending nonsense. It is destroying legitimate research.
edit on 13-11-2010 by gift0fpr0phecy because: (no reason given)
How long have you been researching UFOs? Could you please give me a brief synopsis of this 'legitimate research' and why the results are better than
those from webcams? From where I sit there isn't much that is convincing, webcam or no. Surely if this legitimate research was worth its weight we
would have convincing UFO reports being touted by the MSM by now?
IF there are UFOs, to my mind they are most probably Black Ops projects or (at a stretch) drones from alien civilisations who would have worked out
that to circumvent the vast distances of interstellar space involved in such travel, and bypassing the manipulation of the space-time continuum as too
costly and dangerous. Mechanical/synthetic means were more rigorous and up to the mission of space travel rather than sending out 'manned' (aliened?)
spaceships.
Originally posted by gift0fpr0phecy
Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by gift0fpr0phecy
1: You are not there to personally witness it.
So if I am say watching the web cam at Yellowstone park waiting for the geysers to erupt...
and say a big foot strolls by and gets caught on that camera...
You mean that would not have any value?
How do you know it was big foot and not some guy in a suit? You don't, you were not there. The video would be useless and only cause endless debate.
Sure entertainment wise it would be great, but it would be useless none the less. If you were there, you could at lease have more information about
it being a guy in a suit or not, how big it was, how far it was, what noises it made, etc...
edit on 13-11-2010 by gift0fpr0phecy because: (no reason given)
Sometimes it is not feasibly possible for someone to be in every location at once (at left not in the same timeline
). Thus, webcams can be
exceptionally useful tools to aid our observations and notes and even to help do the job when we're not around.
I know that they are exceptionally useful for monitoring volcanoes. However, I do get your point in a small way, that the refresh rate of most public
webcams is not ideal and that can lead to artifacting. However, just because it isn't the magic bullet for finding UFOs doesn't doesn't mean it should
be thrown out with the bathwater.
They are a tool. What is the saying?
Oh: A poor workman blames his (her) tools. thus, it is not the poor, much-maligned webcam that is at fault. It is the lack of critical thinking from
people who profess to be UFO researchers yet don't apply enough of their grey matter because they get caught up in the moment (possible scenario).
Oh, and a white horse walks into a bar. The barman says " What'll it be? "
The horse says" Whisky , please..and another, and another"
After the tenth dram the barman says "you sure like your whisky. No wonder they named a brand after you!" To which the horse replies
"What, Eric?"
Seemingly off-topic, this humorous anecdote actually illustrates how jumping to conclusions can end up with different results than first
thought.
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