No, you trust people who don't know anything. All this alien and UFO stuff is Old News. The MSM are simply reaching back into the 1960s and replaying the stuff that was new back then. Were you alive then? I was, and I was following the topic closely. Everyone today acts like a child, looking for aliens under his bed. That's not the way it has been, and is not likely to be the way it will be.
But I haven't expressed any Final Word on the existence of aliens. I have discouraged any fantasy that they are in communication with us, since there is no evidence. For one thing, there would be no time for politics as usual. I recall reading that Lenin once remarked that if alien life were to contact us, there would be no politics as we understand the term. As much as I dislike Lenin, that was probably a good insight.
I have no agenda other than the truth and realism. When I see foolish fantasy dressed up as "one man's opinion," I challenge it. Not all opinions are of equal credibility, and too many on this page think that fervor trumps actual knowledge. Even the moderators understand that fringe conspiracy fantasies are stupid distractions. On which account, they urge fringers to be deported. Seems a bit harsh; I'm more inclined to dialogue, but bullet-headed ignorance is hard to deal with.
I seem to recall that he made the remark to H. G. Wells, but that sounds questionable in retrospect. Or Wells was the one to report the remark. He would have appreciated it.
No, you trust people who don't know anything. All this alien and UFO stuff is Old News. The MSM are simply reaching back into the 1960s and replaying the stuff that was new back then. Were you alive then? I was, and I was following the topic closely. Everyone today acts like a child, looking for aliens under his bed. That's not the way it has been, and is not likely to be the way it will be.
But I haven't expressed any Final Word on the existence of aliens. I have discouraged any fantasy that they are in communication with us, since there is no evidence. For one thing, there would be no time for politics as usual. I recall reading that Lenin once remarked that if alien life were to contact us, there would be no politics as we understand the term. As much as I dislike Lenin, that was probably a good insight.
I have no agenda other than the truth and realism. When I see foolish fantasy dressed up as "one man's opinion," I challenge it. Not all opinions are of equal credibility, and too many on this page think that fervor trumps actual knowledge. Even the moderators understand that fringe conspiracy fantasies are stupid distractions. On which account, they urge fringers to be deported. Seems a bit harsh; I'm more inclined to dialogue, but bullet-headed ignorance is hard to deal with.
I too remember the UFO "news" from the '60s. I agree with you and Lenin was right. The bastard.
I seem to recall that he made the remark to H. G. Wells, but that sounds questionable in retrospect. Or Wells was the one to report the remark. He would have appreciated it.
Crop circles
Hoaxes. Replicated by debunkers.