tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post5559377212693873320..comments2024-03-22T02:17:52.141-07:00Comments on Bad UFOs: Skepticism, UFOs, and The Universe: A Skeptic does the MUFON Symposium - Part 1Robert Sheafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15324537021429419111noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-5180317570057600712011-08-16T12:48:55.113-07:002011-08-16T12:48:55.113-07:00I don't think anyone can be an honest "sc...I don't think anyone can be an honest "sceptical investigator". Either you are open-minded and look at and present the evidence without judgment, esp. a-priori judgment, as Linda Moulton Howe and Rich Dolan have done in their books, or you have an alternative agenda. Unfortunately, too many have fallen for the "snicker factor". . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-16853647670347273082011-08-15T23:15:53.359-07:002011-08-15T23:15:53.359-07:00It is easy to be skeptic if you have not had any p...It is easy to be skeptic if you have not had any personal experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-71517473498841800022011-08-15T16:20:25.917-07:002011-08-15T16:20:25.917-07:00A close friend of mine recently fell in with a bun...A close friend of mine recently fell in with a bunch of people who refer to themselves as spiritual warriors. The meet several times a month, and watch a video or listen to a guest speaker. First time out- 9/11 conspiracy. My friend came back to me with terrifying evidence that the whole thing was done with some kind of advanced energy weapons. It took me a couple of days to compile the appropriate research, but I did eventually help her to see past this stuff. <br /><br />My approach was... to not deny the possibility of a conspiracy, but to explain the errors with that particular set of ideas. A technique I used several more times, dealing with crystals, homeopathy, and so on.<br /><br />I was very happy with my friend here- she wasn't accepting what they were telling her at face value, nor was she accepting my counter arguments without question. Her reasoning skills were sharp.<br /><br />Then we got to Alien visitations. And there was literally nothing that I could say. No solid proof, no incontrovertible evidence, where's the "Smoking Saucer" and so on. <br /><br />It's just an amazing hold, this idea has on people. Like angels and our pets waiting for us in Heaven, I guess- it's just too attractive for reason.Kendall Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594089963550628891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104600450225406597.post-90020951523733460252011-08-11T13:05:27.624-07:002011-08-11T13:05:27.624-07:00I was at a Macedonian Studies conference once, whe...I was at a Macedonian Studies conference once, where partisans of "Macedonians are Greeks!" got into a fist fight with the "Macedonians are Slavs!" crowd. <br /><br />Does anything like that happen between the people who view the alien abductors as saviors and those who see them as slavers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com