tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post6211199777841202550..comments2024-03-22T02:17:52.141-07:00Comments on Bad UFOs: Skepticism, UFOs, and The Universe: A Skeptic at the 2018 UFO Congress, Part 4 (last)Robert Sheafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15324537021429419111noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-46535687167118318532019-02-14T11:43:11.620-08:002019-02-14T11:43:11.620-08:00We now have a solid source for Travis claiming tha...We now have a solid source for Travis claiming that the aliens accidentally "killed" him, then brought him on the saucer to bring him back to life:<br /><br />"Travis Walton Now Claims: ‘Aliens accidentally killed me but took my corpse onto UFO to save my life'<br />From: The 'X' Zone Radio Show"<br /><br />https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv/travis-walton-not-an-abduction-ambulanceRobert Sheafferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324537021429419111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-90422407486609265542018-03-26T17:17:46.785-07:002018-03-26T17:17:46.785-07:00Dear Robert. Several posters have suggested that ...Dear Robert. Several posters have suggested that you are wasting your time by going to these UFO cons. I love everything on your website but your reports on these meetings are my favorite. I do not have the time, money, or patience to attend them so thank you for doing it for me.Stephen Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009396347780169466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-36010343126827180972018-03-08T05:29:20.832-08:002018-03-08T05:29:20.832-08:00"To the Stars" is also the title of Star..."To the Stars" is also the title of Star Trek actor George Takei's 1994 autobiography. It's possible Hubbard was the first to use the phrase for his 1950 serialized story in "Astounding Science Fiction" magazine but there are also a lot of sci-fi comic books going back to the 1930s where it might have appeared earlier as a story title or in dialogue. Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek as "Wagon Train to the stars." Those of us who are old remember similar cultural phrases from 1950s and '60s TV shows as "To the moon, Alice" and "To the Batcave." I would agree for now, Hubbard's is the earliest known use.James A. Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572791070920487000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-58080185006281201542018-03-05T11:21:48.632-08:002018-03-05T11:21:48.632-08:00Please explain what you mean when you say, "T...Please explain what you mean when you say, "There's movement from simple to complex in time because that's all it can do." <br /><br />The evolutionary process not only creates innumerable different species, it also creates complex and elaborate ecosystems. <br /><br />You say, "only one of us" - but you do not know that for a fact.Ken Younoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106136377928387113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-43034115847661396892018-03-05T06:47:31.737-08:002018-03-05T06:47:31.737-08:00No, it's completely random--chaotic, with no p...No, it's completely random--chaotic, with no progress or end. There's movement from simple to complex in time because that's all it can do.<br /><br />Billions of Earths, billions of outcomes, but only one us.zoamchomskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519698426338891542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-78869590930574268762018-03-03T10:54:55.562-08:002018-03-03T10:54:55.562-08:00Did I mention aliens? All I did was explain evolut...Did I mention aliens? All I did was explain evolutionary process to you. IMO there are natural "algorithms" at work in the process, a natural process that always constructs advanced life forms with predictable characteristics (some variation is possible here), and also a natural end point in this process.Ken Younoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106136377928387113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-37921952673120065032018-03-03T08:28:39.549-08:002018-03-03T08:28:39.549-08:00You're absolutely correct, aliens are improvin...You're absolutely correct, aliens are improving humanity. Can you point the way to yours or others peer reviewed literature?scherbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183261254072952790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-24476688124107480872018-03-02T10:32:04.130-08:002018-03-02T10:32:04.130-08:00The evolutionary process is ateological in that th...The evolutionary process is ateological in that there is no designer extraneously guiding the process toward the ultimate actualization of an idea. But denying the guiding hand of a designer does not rule out the possibility (or my opinion, the probability) that the process is constructive. Evolving organisms do not simply meander around adapting to circumstances; rather, the process produces increasingly complex ("higher") organisms capable of increasingly broader, more complex interaction with the environment, thus with each advancement in the process transcending more simple and localized circumstances.Ken Younoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106136377928387113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-23514707433592577242018-03-02T08:39:52.220-08:002018-03-02T08:39:52.220-08:00I thought that all the UFO nuts believed that a sl...I thought that all the UFO nuts believed that a slow drip feed of info was being released into the public consciousness via programmes like <i>The X-Files</i> and films like <i>ET</i>, so we'd all be ready for the 'Big Moment' when aliens, popes and kings appeared on the balcony together?<br /><br />As for the idea that evolution advances towards some goal, rather than just meander around adapting to circumstances, well, Suzy Hansen needs to read some text books.scherbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183261254072952790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-74934503395443043242018-03-01T12:44:10.875-08:002018-03-01T12:44:10.875-08:00Robert, Thanks for rubbing shoulders with these sl...Robert, Thanks for rubbing shoulders with these sleazebags so we don't have to.Ian Ridpathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067043936775601183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-80889850466259949072018-03-01T11:42:07.004-08:002018-03-01T11:42:07.004-08:00Stephen Bassett refers to disclosure by world gove...Stephen Bassett refers to disclosure by world governments (my emphasis on the plural). Is he saying that other governments, beside the US, are in a position to 'disclose'? I certainly hope the UK does so. It would be a welcome change of news from the tiresome talk about 'Brexit'. cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-50617937356094762842018-03-01T07:14:40.997-08:002018-03-01T07:14:40.997-08:00"Thus he is unfamiliar with UFO history, with..."Thus he is unfamiliar with UFO history, with its long history of misperceptions, hoaxes, and self-delusions."<br /><br />Since Elizondo looked into internal military cases, your aside is quite irrelevant . . . unless you're suggesting that it's standard procedure for military personnel to hoax UFO reports.Frank Stalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823301792209882497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-54425703455809384872018-02-28T18:40:17.471-08:002018-02-28T18:40:17.471-08:00Hello Robert, I really love that you found that b...Hello Robert, I really love that you found that book cover of L. Ron Hubbard’s “To the Stars” book! I’ve been hanging out at Paracast, and recently I was going over the “provenance” of TTSA, which traces back to the late 60’s to the Church of Scientology because of one person, Hal Puthoff.<br /><br />Let me copy from my Paracast comment:<br /><br /> If you study the “provenance” of TTSA you see that it traces back 50 years in an unbroken “chain of custody” as it were, through one and only one “custodian” and that is Hal Puthoff, who, BTW, is an old hand at writing proposals for landing contracts from the government to study psychic phenomena, as he did in the early 70’s when he won the contract to study Remote Viewing, (which was also $20 million dollars, though given those are 1970s dollars would be a little bit more than the Bigelow contract he won for $22 in 2007 dollars.)<br /><br />But back to the provenance of TTSA. You will find a detailed timeline here in Brother Recluse’s article about Bob Bigelow. (Scroll down a little past halfway)<br /><br />http://visupview.blogspot.com/2017/12/fringe-strange-dealings-of-bob-bigelow.html<br /><br />Maybe I could get Biblical and summarize it like an Old Testament prophet:<br /><br />Scientology begat Remote Viewing which begat CIA at SRI which begat UFO Working Group which begat Stargate which begat NIDS which begat AATIP which begat TTSA. So, Hal Puthoff as Father Abraham but clean-shaven? (Remember, before Jesus said “Feed my sheep” to Peter, Hal Puthoff said to John Alexander: “Stare at my goats.”)Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-39952765408868389862018-02-28T18:22:15.840-08:002018-02-28T18:22:15.840-08:00Just think. If Steve Bassett were ever to admit hi...Just think. If Steve Bassett were ever to admit his interpretation error regarding the “Bone UFO”, then it would become . . . Hold on! Wait for it! . . . . . The Boner UFO!!!Tom Melletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936656201755834225noreply@blogger.com