All About UFO's

[krabapple]

No, it's a fair point, I haven't thought through everything I think is true either. It's not like I expect this to change. But if you say you strongly believe something such that it's almost central to your self image, it's a little surprising that one hasn't meaningfully engaged with whether it's *actually* true.

If humans were emotionless, and purely rational, this might be reasonable expectation. We aren't, and it isn't.

 

[Chester]

I think intelligence plays a large role as well. I know people who have very strong beliefs but are also able to think critically and reevaluate based on new information.

Look at science generally…..long held beliefs turn out to be proven incorrect all the time and most scientists can accept that.

 

[Robbo99999]

If humans were emotionless, and purely rational, this might be reasonable expectation. We aren't, and it isn't.

Oh, but we are here on ASR!

 

[Axo1989]

Well gosh, those are some pretty bold accusations, so now let's hear the journalist's side of it, no? Can you please scrape his rebuttal up from Youtube for us?

When people say 'both sides' they usually don't mean both sides.

Ok ten minutes into that video and it's still blather, no specific analysis/counterpoint/discussion (apart from a general whinge about non-free media and apparently not being quoted). I'm disinclined to watch the whole hour-and-a-half rant if it's in that aggrieved delivery style. I mean ten minutes of venting and poisoning the well before we really start? He does suggest that he expects his audience to stop watching in a rage because he merely agreed to be interviewed by WSJ which is an interesting angle, but I guess telling in a way. Sigh.

 

[kemmler3D]

If humans were emotionless, and purely rational, this might be reasonable expectation. We aren't, and it isn't.

I think it's pretty fair... if you tell me you believe in gravity then immediately jump out the window thinking you're going to float away, I'm going to really... scratch my head about that. Theologically I feel like some people are like that. People really want it both ways, sure... but I don't think it's an unfair critique to point out the beliefs are incoherent. Plenty of people have more or less coherent beliefs without 250 IQs, it's not like beyond people's reach or anything.

 

[terryforsythe]

Here is a pretty good explanation of the ER = EPR conjecture (i.e., the conjecture that particles are entangled via wormholes) at a level most people should be able to understand:

 

[Sir Sanders Zingmore]

Here they come…

New interstellar 'comet' discovered speeding through our Solar System

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Pearljam5000]

Any creature in this universe is an alien
We're aliens to the aliens that live on a planet a million light years away from earth

 

[Audiofire]

Watch out for flying jellyfish. What's next in the crazy world?

 

[terryforsythe]

Watch out for flying jellyfish. What's next in the crazy world?

A balloon.

 

[Audiofire]

The great expert on ufoology Nick Pope doesn't know

 

[terryforsythe]

People have come up with a lot of innovative balloon designs over the years. If anything is floating along at wind speed, it should be assumed to be a balloon, no matter how crazy it looks.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Are there really aliens in Area 51 or is it just a myth?

 

[Audiofire]

Any creature in this universe is an alien

Are there really aliens in Area 51 or is it just a myth?

Lots of creatures in Area 51

 

[WillBrink]

People have come up with a lot of innovative balloon designs over the years. If anything is floating along at wind speed, it should be assumed to be a balloon, no matter how crazy it looks.

Unless it demonstrates one or more of the five observables, I assume it's man made and explainable. That particular event, did have some curious variables to it that seemed more than simple cluster of balloons, but not enough to place it in the "true" UFO/UAP category for me.

 

[WillBrink]

Are there really aliens in Area 51 or is it just a myth?

No one here can answer that with any authority.

 

[Audiofire]

 

[Pearljam5000]

Supposedly the clearest UFO photos

 

[voodooless]

Supposedly the clearest UFO photos View attachment 461076

This one is long debunked. It’s just a hill top sticking out of low hanging clouds.

 

[Petrushka]

No one here can answer that with any authority.

But we can say no, with conviction.