What is your stance on aliens?

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by eDave

I saw a UFO. Looking out the back, reversed seats, of my parent Torino station wagon. Going down N. Oak Trafficway.

No one will ever convince me differently.

If you have identified the craft then it's not a UFO. Just saying...

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by srvy

And Bobby's wife was sweet and nice and smokin hot.

Was it a smokescreen or was she that nice?

She was really that nice. Very classy. Would come by the restaurant with Bobby from time to time.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by eDave

I saw a UFO. Looking out the back, reversed seats, of my parent Torino station wagon. Going down N. Oak Trafficway.

No one will ever convince me differently.

Was it you or the UFO going down N. Oak Trafficway? We might be able to identify its destination.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Was it you or the UFO going down N. Oak Trafficway? We might be able to identify its destination.

I was going N. on N. Oak. UFO was tracking east to west. Long craft that looked like a contrail, though it was moving the other way. I clearly saw the beginning of it and it was clearly one object moving between clouds.

Changed my life.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by eDave

I was going N. on N. Oak. UFO was tracking east to west. Long craft that looked like a contrail, though it was moving the other way. I clearly saw the beginning of it and it was clearly one object moving between clouds.

Changed my life.

Sounds like the Goodyear blimp. Dude you were messed up. Torino Station wagon huh. We had that gold Torino sedan.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by srvy

Sounds like the Goodyear blimp. Dude you were messed up. Torino Station wagon huh. We had that gold Torino sedan.

It was miles long and I was like 8. No one will convince me otherwise.

Green Torina, with wood paneling. FTMFW. Loved road trips with my parents.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by eDave

I saw a UFO. Looking out the back, reversed seats, of my parent Torino station wagon. Going down N. Oak Trafficway.

No one will ever convince me differently.

“There’s a fascinating frailty of the human mind that psychologists know all about, called “argument from ignorance.” This is how it goes. Remember what the “U” stands for in “UFO”? You see lights flashing in the sky. You’ve never seen anything like this before and don’t understand what it is. You say, “It’s a UFO!”

The “U” stands for “unidentified.”

But then you say, “I don’t know what it is; it must be aliens from outer space, visiting from another planet.” The issue here is that if you don’t know what something is, your interpretation of it should stop immediately. You don’t then say it must be X or Y or Z. That’s argument from ignorance. It’s common. I’m not blaming anybody; it may relate to our burning need to manufacture answers because we feel uncomfortable about being steeped in ignorance.”


― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

“There’s a fascinating frailty of the human mind that psychologists know all about, called “argument from ignorance.” This is how it goes. Remember what the “U” stands for in “UFO”? You see lights flashing in the sky. You’ve never seen anything like this before and don’t understand what it is. You say, “It’s a UFO!”

The “U” stands for “unidentified.”

But then you say, “I don’t know what it is; it must be aliens from outer space, visiting from another planet.” The issue here is that if you don’t know what something is, your interpretation of it should stop immediately. You don’t then say it must be X or Y or Z. That’s argument from ignorance. It’s common. I’m not blaming anybody; it may relate to our burning need to manufacture answers because we feel uncomfortable about being steeped in ignorance.”


― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

40 years and nothing has convinced me otherwise. And I am well aware of the psychology you are referencing and it does not apply here.

Also, I'm a sane individual. I think.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by eDave

40 years and nothing has convinced me otherwise. And I am well aware of the psychology you are referencing and it does not apply here.

Also, I'm a sane individual. I think.

So what exactly was it that you saw that convinced you that it was a spacecraft from an alien planet? How do you differentiate terrestrial technology that you don't understand from extra-terrestrial technology?



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[eDave]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

So what exactly was it that you saw that convinced you that it was a spacecraft from an alien planet? How do you differentiate terrestrial technology that you don't understand from extra-terrestrial technology?



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Understand that I come from an aviation family.

It looked like an airliner contrail, which was my first thought. But it was going the other way and disappearing into the other cloud bank. Then it was gone.

Aliens? Dunno. But I've seen nothing since.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by eDave

40 years and nothing has convinced me otherwise. And I am well aware of the psychology you are referencing and it does not apply here.

Also, I'm a sane individual. I think.

Let's do a quick test. Do you think the Chiefs will win a Super Bowl in your lifetime? If yes, will it involve the use of alien technology or not?

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

“There’s a fascinating frailty of the human mind that psychologists know all about, called “argument from ignorance.” This is how it goes. Remember what the “U” stands for in “UFO”? You see lights flashing in the sky. You’ve never seen anything like this before and don’t understand what it is. You say, “It’s a UFO!”

The “U” stands for “unidentified.”

But then you say, “I don’t know what it is; it must be aliens from outer space, visiting from another planet.” The issue here is that if you don’t know what something is, your interpretation of it should stop immediately. You don’t then say it must be X or Y or Z. That’s argument from ignorance. It’s common. I’m not blaming anybody; it may relate to our burning need to manufacture answers because we feel uncomfortable about being steeped in ignorance.”


― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

Too bad the tv scientists word doesnt trump the director of the CIA, or Chairman of the JCOS.

Because they certainly didnt have any scientists informing their opinions...

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Too bad the tv scientists word doesnt trump the director of the CIA, or Chairman of the JCOS.

Because they certainly didnt have any scientists informing their opinions...

I don't rely on an argument from authority. Apparently you do.

I quoted Neil DeGrasse Tyson because his explanation makes perfect sense. What specific things did the director of the CIA or the Chairman of the JCOS say that you find to be compelling? Or are you just taking their word for it? For that matter, what exactly DID they say? You got a link?

[Lex Luthor]

For eDave and Easy 6:

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Too bad the tv scientists word doesnt trump the director of the CIA, or Chairman of the JCOS.

Because they certainly didnt have any scientists informing their opinions...

No individual's word trumps anyone else's. That's the entire point to the Argument from Authority fallacy.