Search results

Two things strike me as interesting about this: First, that humanity is much older than previously thought (which I think there is ample evidence to support). And two, this idea that we may live under some sort of umbrella of secrecy about our past. As it has been said, there are many forces...

It's really not the limits of science that pose the problem here. It's the limits of eyewitness accounts and subjective, unrepeatable experiences. Scientific experiment and mathematical modelling are also subjective experiences. But they are subjective experiences that can be repeated again...

Well, it stands to reason. After the war, the Russians got their NAZIS. We got our NAZIS. Why shouldn't the Roswell aliens have gotten their NAZIS?

I think he is a so-so writer with a limited inventory of ideas. He needed a gimmick to get published and stay in print. So, he pulled a blair witch. Part of success in writing [A VERY BIG PART!!!] involves nurturing a readership (i.e. market) for your work. Not just any readership, but a loyal...

As you say, the problem is that your subjective experience cannot be replicated. Now suppose there is a common scientific theory that precludes the existence of that same very rare tiger. [The "light speed" issue is a case in point.] Experimental evidence, in the form of mathematical models...

What is "common sense"? Well, the visitation/abduction scenario challenges our sense of reality because: (1) Travelling to another star requires an energy investment greater than the sum GNP of your entire planet (maybe even your star), so in terms of cost-to-benefit analysis it just...

The fact is, believing that we are being visited and/or abducted is a pretty extraordinary claim (that, in many ways, flies in the face of common sense and logic). But if it is true -- in objective reality -- the mountain of evidence will be developed over time. But we do need more than "he...

This is a subject I'd like to study more. I've had my own experiences, but they could just as easily have been anticipatory imaginings. And I'm still not ruling out trickery. I can say, from my own experiences, I have used RV to research stories (more or less as an experiment). The stories...

On the other hand, if you were an alien species doing work on Earth, the moon would be a natural choice for a base of operations. The thing I can't figure out is why you would authorize a series of collectible commemorative plates?

What's that Tyrell quote from Bladerunner? Something like: "The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long."

What's important here is not that the Tasmanian crop circles were made by kangaroos. The question is what force/higher-intelligence were they channelling that inspired their designs? What were they thinking as they walked around and around in circles? :eek:

I wouldn't tag any of them -- well, at least, most of them -- with a label of "mentally ill" or "insane." I think what's really fascinating about all this is that the phenomenon operates within the parameters of essentially "normal" brain function. What we're seeing here are the shortcomings...

I don't think the British had ten thousand troops in the entire region. Clearly, they were overly self-confident about the power of a single-shot rifle and cartridges made out of tin-foil. At least the tribesmen were having a good time.

A lot of interesting little psychological bits of stage business revealed there. (One of these days, he may not be so happy about this video getting out.) I'd be very concerned about his future prospects for hypertension. It is fascinating to see, when you really let yourself be overwhelmed...

I really enjoyed getting a chance to listen to the original Kenneth Arnold broadcast. It was interesting for a variety of reasons. One thing it showed is the degree of national sensation his sighting created. Much bigger than a similar sighting would generate today. Not only were there...

Congrats! Much fun!

Yes, back to your point. Wasn't that what the Zulus did? When they attacked the British en mass it was reported that they had been heavily drugged and charged in a sort of ecstatic state...

I remote-viewed a martyr once. Just as his thumb depressed the button and his body disintegrated like a gory pinata, a few clumps of neurons spun up into the sky and continued to fire. At that instant, he saw his first (and final) glimpse of paradise... [ETERNAL BLACK] Some sociologists...

I look at it as a matter of logical due process. As I said in another post -- paraphrasing Carl Sagan -- "The more extreme the claim, the more extreme the burden of proof." So, you start out by testing all the more mundane (usually more likely) possibilities. Only when you can solidly rule...

Yes, terrorism was a tactic even then.