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Alien footage to be released today. (Page 2)
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Closed-minded much?
It's good to be open-minded. But not so open-minded that your brain falls out.
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I dont really have an opinion on this subject, was just saying I can almost see the logic in believing something is out there somewhere
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Sure, ETI may exist, but I don't think it has found us.
My view can be summed up like this: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but it's still absence of evidence.
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So where is the damn footage!?
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I whole heartedly believe that there is life elsewhere. Given the shear vastness of the universe I think it would be incredibly egotistical to think otherwise. I just don't believe they've ever visited. So where's this kook's video?
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If there is true evidence for aliens, then there are aliens.
If there are no aliens, then there is no true evidence for aliens.
Beyond that, we cannot make any inferences. Since "true evidence for aliens" is the sufficient clause, and there is no such evidence, we cannot discern whether or not the necessary clause (of there being aliens) is fulfilled.
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Originally Posted by ThinkInsane
So where's this kook's video?
i think i found it on youtube... linky
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
What does it mean to "believe" in something when there is NO evidence? It means entering flying spaghetti monster territory.
Carl Sagan was once asked by a reporter, "But come on, is there something out there—what's your gut feeling?"
He replied, "I try not to think with my gut. It's okay to wait until the evidence is in."
Oh great, this is turning into a religious argument. I give up, their is no winning here.
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Oh great, this is turning into a religious argument. I give up, their is no winning here.
Sure...if the definition of religion is "believing in something without having any evidence".
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Originally Posted by dav
i think i found it on youtube... linky
Holy crap, those aliens are hip to our telephones!
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Oh great, this is turning into a religious argument. I give up, their is no winning here.
There is no winning because all of these arguments are very circular... One sides demands scientific evidence which simply cannot be provided in any irrefutable way, the other side (rightly) pushes the argument that a lack of scientific evidence does not mean that something is untrue. It really comes down to our own faith or lack thereof, the same can be said of religion, and other supernatural beliefs.
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richard feynman's response on flying saucers.
Some years ago I had a conversation with a layman about flying saucers — because I am scientific I know all about flying saucers! I said "I don't think there are flying saucers'. So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove it's impossible. It's just very unlikely". At that he said, "You are very unscientific. If you can't prove it impossible then how can you say that it's unlikely?" But that is the way that is scientific. It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible. To define what I mean, I might have said to him, "Listen, I mean that from my knowledge of the world that I see around me, I think that it is much more likely that the reports of flying saucers are the results of the known irrational characteristics of terrestrial intelligence than of the unknown rational efforts of extra-terrestrial intelligence." It is just more likely. That is all.
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Originally Posted by Horsepoo!!!
Sure...if the definition of religion is "believing in something without having any evidence".
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Originally Posted by dav
richard feynman's response on flying saucers.
It's the old burden of proof argument, aka, the Celestial teapot
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I see parallels to god here.
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Oh great, this is turning into a religious argument. I give up, their is no winning here.
You haven't been rationally arguing from the beginning.
The link in your sig is entertainment, nothing more. It's as factually argued and solidly founded as the Weekly World News was; i.e. much of it can probably be easily DISproven with minimal research, not a single one of the "scientists" and "experts" continually cited in all sorts of articles have any kind of credentials or references, and when actual papers ARE cited, they do anything BUT support the inferred "theory".
It does make for a few minutes of fun reading, though.
And calling Tiresias "ignorant" for summing that up, but having the Mysterious Universe site in your sig qualifies as "irony".
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Mars called. They're willing to do a prisoner exchange.
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
He replied, "I try not to think with my gut. It's okay to wait until the evidence is in."
Funny. I say the same when I asked what I think about the food in a restaurant.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Aliens are stupid.
But how did they develop their technology ?
Oh wait, they didn't. Some third-party aliens brought it
Edit: all hail the time-altering hampstor.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Lemme get this straight:
These aliens have far superior technology, enabling them to travel from light-years away to earth, but the only way they can observe a house is by peeping through a window ?
Haven't you seen this movie?
Aliens are stupid.
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Originally Posted by osiris
I guess it was just Larry taking a peep.
That seriously made my night!
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Originally Posted by C.A.T.S. CEO
Oh great, this is turning into a religious argument. I give up, their is no winning here.
It was a religious argument back when he brought up Richard Dawkins.
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Originally Posted by wallinbl
It was a religious argument back when he brought up Richard Dawkins.
Dawkins is not the Antichrist, he is a scientist. Last section of Chapter 2 of The God Hypothesis is Little green men.
So no, not really.
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
Dawkins is not the Antichrist, he is a scientist. Last section of Chapter 2 of The God Hypothesis is Little green men.
So no, not really.
I'm not saying he is, but he barely speaks about anything other than religion, and the recommended read was "The God Delusion". It is foolish to argue that this was not the point at which religion entered this particular discussion.
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Alien footage?
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
Carl Sagan soundly demolishes the UFO phenomenon in Demon-Haunted World. I was open-minded to the possibility that there was something to the reports until I read this book. He helped me to see that it is not a question of "believing" in aliens. It's a question of accepting evidence, and there just isn't any.
Plus the guy looks like a prize kook.
Ditto. Love that book!
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Hmmm... He looks like our mayor. He must be a kook.
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Originally Posted by wallinbl
he barely speaks about anything other than religion
That's sounds like a generalization, but that doesn't mean it is not true. Can it be verified?
Let us see.
Here is a list of books by evolutionary biologist and popular science writer Richard Dawkins.
The Selfish Gene (not about religion)
The Extended Phenotype (not about religion)
The Blind Watchmaker (not about religion)
River out of Eden (not about religion)
Climbing Mount Improbable (in part about religion)
Unweaving the Rainbow (not about religion)
A Devil's Chaplain (one chapter on religion)
The Ancestor's Tale (not about religion)
The God Delusion (about religion)
Oh well, I guess it was just a stupid generalization.
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Looks like somebody didn't take proper precautions when choosing a house.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
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Wow, those aliens sure seem to be a diverse family.
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
Or that big fat "REENACTMENT" in the corner should have given something away.
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Erik, is that link you posted the actual video, or is it yet another knock off?
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Claims to be the real one. But who knows…
The guy from the PARANORMAL society laughed the original video of as a fake saying "it sucks". So it's a pretty fair call that even the UFO kooks themselves don't want anything to do with it.
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Yea, I remember that part. I'd like to see the portion of the video where the alien is running around in the house (as shown in the re-enactment).
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Or that big fat "REENACTMENT" in the corner should have given something away.
What the hell is the point of them showing an reenactment and talking about the video?
Why the hell is the real footage not out yet?
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Because, as the UFO nut that had seen it said "it sucks". I bet you eleventy billion dollars that the "reenactments" are better than the originals.
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I saw this guy on Larry King. It's all so bogus it's not even worthy of discussion.
I move for thread closure.
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
I move for thread closure.
Why is that necessary?
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No, I just said that for effect.
Carry on.
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