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Do you perhaps mean hypercritical? Hypocritical means to act in a fashion inconsistent with your beliefs or to pretend to have virtues you don't possess. I don't think it's fair to describe lance in that fashion. Hypercritical means nit picky. Well, yeah, you could use that to describe lance...

Regarding photographic and video evidence, I think it's kind of a shame that the default conclusion of a hoax is in fact the correct one nowadays. There doesn't seem to be any limits to what can be faked anymore. It's getting harder to detect shenanigans all the time because digital...

softbeard: Someone making what you perceive as an unwarranted leap in logic (if this then that) is not a straw man argument. A straw man argument is when you unfairly extrapolate the real views of someone to views they have not expressed then attack those extrapolated views. For example...

I looked up Noetic Science. From what I was able to gather from it, I don't really think that's what I had in mind. I may have missed something though. I wasn't thinking about individual beliefs or psi abilities. I don't think humans have the ability to create reality or change reality with the...

I especially appreciated Chris' comment on how many sociologists, psychologists and folks who study myths underestimate the sheer power of mythology. Is it powerful enough to actually manifest, at least in part, specific instances, sightings or other sensonry experiences of a phenomenon? Is it...

A lot of scientists reject/rejected ETH. Carl Sagan for example. I could name whole lot more but I won't bother. My scientist(s) are better than your scientist(s) so nya nya nya. Is that the kind of game you want to play? Are you so afraid of being wrong? Are you so afraid of entertaining...

Saucers & Mythology Even though no one can establish for certain the phenomenon is actually real, lets just assume we can. The phenomenon is real. Who are they? Another way to put it is, what is nature of the phenomenon? ETH refuses to commit. Won't go out on a limb and even try to make a...

First of all your ETH is not the universe. I've heard of delusions of grandeur before but this is something else. Please elaborate: Who is coming here? Where are they from? How are they accomplishing the task of traveling such great distances? Why are they here and what are they...

And what I and others in this thread have tried to point out to you is: In regard to ETH your proverbial fence is actually six centimeters high with multiple meter wide gaps in it. If you feel reasonably secure that such a fence would contain your dogs I can understand the security you would...

Saucers & Mythology You just nailed it . Regarding your fence and dogs, you can always go look and see. If ever your belief is wrong, you have a way to know it. That's why it's not religion. It's an actual honest to goodness falsifiable hypothesis. With regards to my belief in certain...

This is the most spectacular topic derail I have ever seen, on any forum.

Saucers & Mythology Now hold on a second. He's right. It does smack of religion. After all I did state that view as belief. I admit that. I also could be totally wrong. I admit that possibility too. It could be that sometime in the future whatever/whoever is behind it will step out from...

Saucers & Mythology Actually, in terms of opinions on the topic you and I are even farther apart than some of the folks you regard as skeptics or even debunkers. I don't recall if I ever outlined my true opinions but here they are in a nutshell: I believe the phenomenon is real. I don't know...

Skepticism Is Pseudoscience Once again, facts trump semantic games. Yes words and terms have meanings. Sometimes more than one. The usage and even spelling evolve. Sometimes new phrases or words are invented to describe long existing memes. Ask any linguist. If you really think people...

Skepticism Is Pseudoscience You missed my point. (probably my fault, my wording was flawed) . The scenario I laid out was only a one time shot, not a bunch of trials. In both cases the marble under the cup was either black or white. Just like we are being visited by ET or we are not. Stating...

Skepticism Is Pseudoscience Lance: I believe your statement is true. That the probability of ET craft visiting earth is very low. However I do maintain there is no experiment or observation that can ascertain the converse. For example. You have 999 white marbles and 1 black marble in a...

While anyone has the freedom to do that if they wish, there is no reasonable standard by which it is ever justified. No matter how confusing the events surrounding a case are, adding more confusion will not bring order or insight. The kind of thought process that believes it will is called...

I agree, although I think mere interest in the paranormal is a different kind of thing. I'm not talking about all the government coverups and stuff like that. That's more conspiracy. I'm talking about just the wonder about it. It's my belief that some people have had genuine experiences that...

Ok. After reading through this thread I'm actually starting to get a bit angry. Until now, I thought most conspiracy theorists were just off center but basically honest folks who were unsatisfied with what they percieved as the official story. I though they were just kinda nutty and mostly...

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