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Yeah. Last time I checked, that kind of thing was irrelevant.

I guess he would just sit back and remain silent. And we would all be concerned that at any moment he might be having a seizure or a heart attack. ;)

It works the opposite for me. In Brazilian currency it's about R$ 3.700. I could pay all my current credit card debt and there would be money left. :P

I hope you don't think I'm criticizing your way of saying it, because I'm not. I'm making more fun of myself than anything else here, for the record. Please, don't take me too seriously. :)

Are you suggesting that the Space Brothers do not have the power to reveal themselves to us in the form of dudes in short-sleeve shirts and shorts? Outrageous! You know nothing about the silent revolution of the space brothers, you, you, you... skeptic!

Probably yes, and probably referring to a small house or shack. I'm really not sure, I don't speak Spanish, only Portuguese and English. :)

Marketing and advertising circles have been busy lately, discussing a somewhat new form of publicity called Transmedia Storytelling. It uses contemporary internet media technology to empower a very ancient idea: that everything that has a story is more interesting, and therefore valuable, than...

He's entertaining, no doubt about that. And I already said I enjoyed the show, Gene. :) Ok, I agree, he might not be a complete lunatic, and might be just a honest storytelling entertainer. It's the "credo quia absurdum" thing - believing in theories because they're conspirational, and having...

No, I think that too. I just said it more politely and in a more analytical fashion.

I like the UFO Evidence website for case reference. There's a few skeptic articles there too, which is always a healthy thing.

That's a good question to ask. Nothing can be better for a newspaper or tv channel than revealing a good nasty scandal. Here in Brazil you see it all the time. Corruption schemes. State and federal representatives being bribed into passing laws. Fraudulent overbudget contractor projects. Toilet...

Sure, that is. But that doesn't mean there's irrefutable evidence of it. There has to be space left to the hypothesis that a disturbed guy with a rifle or a bunch of men in a dusty cave can change history for the worse. That's also suspicious in some conspiracy theories. They include a defense...

Yes. I once said something similar on another thread, but people were very unwilling to share my viewpoint. ;) I'm not talking of one theory or another, but what Jim Marrs does (and many people do as well) is believing in conspiracies as a whole, and having the conspiracy filter as a standard...

Yes, it baffles me completely. Theoretically, people who are willing to deepen other people's pockets in exchange for empty tales of hope and invisible friends shouldn't be able to function in society, and wouln't be able to make the money mr. Greer asks for, in the first place. But then I think...

Cluelessness detector not included.

Oops. I have no scholarly work on anything (except, maybe, Portuguese Literature... long story). Must. Quit. Critical. Thinking.

Thank you Gene. I'll look it up. I hope Dave is back soon, but I really, really enjoy your hosting style. Keep it the way it is, and I'll keep listening. :)

I'm a little behind in the episodes list (shame on me). In which episode, if any, David announces his time off?

Looks a lot like Sao Paulo.

I find it really hard to understand that any adult person might take Greer's claims seriously. It's not just far-fetched, unbacked by evidence and visibly fraudulent. It's also silly and plain childish. It's difficult to see how a person can have such an idiotic mindset as to believe these...