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Old 09-17-2008, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Idolotor View Post
It still amazes me how many "simpletons" still believe in the whole ufo hoax(s). There isn't, and never has been ONE shred of evidence that has been proven real, in all of mankinds history. I.E. - crop circles, fake alien bodies, flying hubcaps, etc, etc, etc...

Talk about people living in a "dream world"...

The numbers on this poll indicate something scary. You guys believe in undocumented, make believe creatures from outer space...

I hope you have your "foil hats" on, so the creatures don't send you any unwanted telepathic signals!

Dr. Michael Shermer Phd. debunks pseudoscience, ufos, and other popular "myths" of our time in his book "Why People Believe Weird Things".

Dr. Shermer received his B.A. in psychology from Pepperdine University, M.A. in experimental psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and his Ph.D. in the history of science from Claremont Graduate University (1991). He was a college professor for 20 years (1979–1998), teaching psychology, evolution, and the history of science at Occidental College (1989–1998), California State University Los Angeles, and Glendale College. Since his creation of the Skeptics Society, Skeptic magazine, and the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, he has appeared on such shows as The Colbert Report, 20/20, Dateline, Charlie Rose, Larry King Live, Tom Snyder, Donahue, Oprah, Lezza, Unsolved Mysteries (but, proudly, never Jerry Springer!), and other shows as a skeptic of weird and extraordinary claims, as well as interviews in countless documentaries aired on PBS, A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, The Science Channel, and The Learning Channel. Shermer was the co-host and co-producer of the 13-hour Family Channel television series, Exploring the Unknown.

That's all well and good, but two people I know very well saw UFOs very close and in detail. Close enough that they could see it was a CRAFT (not a balloon), could see details on the surface/bottom of the craft, could see blinking lights, could see it wasn't an airplane and can do things that our airplanes can not possibly do. Both of these people saw their respective crafts with other people present who also saw them.

So to me there is no doubt that there are UFOs. Either it was one of theirs, or one of ours.

I think it is crazy too, but when someone sees something, very close, and in detail, what are you going to tell them? "I am sorry, but even though you saw it with your own eyes, and other people were there with you and saw it too, there is no way that it exists, because such and such a scientist says it isn't possible..."

Skepticism can be a flaw when it goes too far, just like gullibility.
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