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29 Jul 2024 22:26:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Quantum levitation  
From: Darren New
Date: 27 Oct 2011 12:22:06
Message: <4ea9852e$1@news.povray.org>
On 10/26/2011 23:06, Saul Luizaga wrote:
> Well all the recollection of testimonials, scientific testing of samples
> taken on sites and ufologist analysis,

Here's the thing. You call people who believe in ufo's and study them 
believing them to be alien space ships "ufologists". However, there are 
hundreds of times as many people who study UFOs and come to the conclusion 
that they are mundane.

It's like seeing 1000's of fakes scammed "crying statue" and "bleeding 
painting" type religious miracles, and listening only to the people who 
think they're probably all true.

I.e., by not calling (say) air force investigators who come to the 
conclusion that those lights are actually russian fighter jets "ufologists", 
you are of course amplifying how much evidence you think they have.

> they having normal jobs, so I assume you don't hire crazy people

We have people here who believe the universe is a dream, who believe 
Mohammad flew into the air on a flying horse, who believe Jesus is an outer 
space alien, who believe that space aliens came millions of years ago to get 
sealed into a volcano to watch movies, and who believe people are made out 
of dust magicked to life. Yet these are all perfectly sane people, other 
than their religious convictions, holding normal jobs.

> so I think they reasoning is sound,

This is argument from authority.  "They seem like nice people, so they must 
be right."  That isn't how it works.

> Ufologists are far more scientific than you might think.

I think you don't understand how science works. :-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.


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