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From: jesup@pawl14.pawl.rpi.edu (Randell E. Jesup)
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Subject: Re: ufology not a "pseudoscience" -- wake up folks
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Date: 12 Mar 88 09:07:00 GMT
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A bibliography does not truth make.

Has no one ever heard of Occam's Razor?  Statements like (paraphrased)
"they released lots of UFO documents that were de-classified" (probably
Air force blue book stuff, classified more or less by default back then)
"therefor we'll probably soon see the existence of alien bodies on ice
confirmed" sound an awful lot like believing truth is what one wants it to
be.  It sounds like you've made up your mind (at least subconciously) that
UFOs exist, and you're searching desperately for things to back up your
beliefs (so you can justify them to yourself).  You are a lot less fanatic
in your suspension of disbelief than most such I have encountered.  You don't
seem to be saying "well, there are some unexplained things, and a few of those
might be caused by UFOs, so I'll see what evidence (EITHER way) I can find";
you are saying "well, the skeptics can't find reasons for everything that
is unexplained, so they must be wrong, and UFO's/whatever MUST exist, so I'll
prove it".

You don't approach investigation from a objective point of view, you go into
hoping that this time, you'll find proof (and all your toil and trouble will
not have been wasted).

Oh well, I'm sure I can't change your mind.

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