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Actually your initial impression was correct. I don't think ET is among us. I don't know the origins and nature of the phenomenon. It may come from multiple sources, including our own minds. I can't totally exclude the possibility that some of it may ET related but there is no...

Please excuse my typos and spelling mistakes. I lost my reading glasses. I like that your posts are big and easy to read :) Yes. I think UFO sighting reports tend to parallel the technology of the day, with the UFO tech always appearing far more advanced. I'm also of the opinion the...

Do you? Do you really understand the difference? I wonder, but I won't get into it. I have no interest in getting mired in the debate over the specifics of what constitutes evidence or facts or what they mean. I'll let lance tussle with you over that. Of course there are clear parallels...

I don't know if some folks fully got the gist of my earlier post, so I would like to be more clear. I wasn't simply talking about the mythology of the true believers. I wasn't talking about just the whacky conspiracy theories. That is only a small part of it. I didn't use the term mythology...

If someone had asked me this question just a few months ago, I would have said yes. Now, I'm not so sure. I'm starting to think that the physical reality or non reality of ufos is irrelevant. Why? Because Roswell endures. Because MJ12 endures. Because even recent hoaxes (like the Dome of...

Make it a stuffed tiger. That will will make me all warm and fuzzy. Until then I'm going to remain grouchy.

What are you saying? We should judge a scholar meritorious by the amount of wacky or false statements they make? That creativity and insight flow from irrationality/insanity? That someone with a firm grasp of facts and evidence supporting measured responses should be veiwed with suspicion...

As I stated in my last post, I don't mind listening to Paracast shows for entertainment value. I think that is a good thing for the most part. I realize the show is not a hard science exercise. However, Dr. Brandenburg is being introduced as a real scientist. He has had a long career and...

As serious science based episodes, yeah, not so good. But as a speculation party and as entertainment, kinda fun. I'd listen to another episode with him, no problem. Just from now on, I won't take him seriously. At all. :)

Dr. Brandenburg seems to have forgotten the number one rule in science. That rule is, when you make a hypothesis you try everything in your power to FALSIFY it, not confirm it. As Einstien said, no amount of experimentation can prove a hypothesis, but it only takes one experiment to disprove...

Thanks for this Chris. It gives me pause to think Mr. Stanford may have some data that is relevant and revealing. Now there is at least one scientist of note that has sort of gone on record as being impressed with what he was shown. Dr. Brandenburg did state that the presentation of the data...

It does seem that by taking the time to inform everyone he is quitting forever that the devastating loss he is dealing with is a loss of face. At least I hope that's all it is. I think I'm going to have to listen to the episode now. From all accounts Chris and Gene did a great job on this...

Competing mythologies necessarily indicates a competition for control. The true phenomenon is trying in some way to control us and some folks just won't have it. The ufo/paranormal "community" is the point of entry for new ideas and belief systems which then gets put out to society at large. The...

I dunno your soulmate? Allright. Enough. Anyone who knows me and how I can get sometimes knows what's next. (Anyone who is squeamish might want to look away.) 1. When people grow weary they usually go home. I wish you would. You could probably use some sleep. You are very cranky. 2...

Don't worry about it tyder. I ran afoul of the same individual as well. Somehow. Shocking I know :) Putting forth speculations and ideas has become dangerous business as of late. How anyone could take harmless philosophising personally enough to backhand insult me is beyond my ability to...

Maybe it isn't the best we can do. Perhaps we can poke and prod the phenomenon and observe its reactions. Maybe we already are. Imagine if you will the CIA, Military, some other branch of government has a suspiscion that the UFO phenomenon is indeed a "Control System." Suppose they also...

Occam's razor has nothing to do with "likelyhood." The quality of a hypothesis is not determined by how likely it is to be correct. The most important qualities of a hypothesis are: 1. Is is falsifiable? 2. Is it testable and repeatable? In other words can an experiment be devised and...

On behalf of myself, Angelo and any other Canadians on this forum I say this to you: You know nothing. Your post goes beyond displaying gross ignorance. Beyond provable factual inaccuracies and errors. I was preparing to debate you, but then I remembered that a civilized debate over...

Greetings fellow citizen of the socialist paradise of Canuckistan.:) Ah... Go back to reading Atlas Shrugged.:p

The simple answer is there is no way to know. It is an opinion. Dispite the fact that you are a first hand witness does not make your opinion more right than someone who is not a witness. If you are correct then you guessed well, and that is all. The only thing you can be sure of is that you...