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Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by Sean48
reply to post by rainfall
I've seen him try to debunk the UFO
Weird, I never seen him try to debunk UFOs, I have however seen him try to debunk peoples assumptions of what UFOs must be.
got a link of him debunking ufos in general?
Originally posted by SaturnFX
reply to post by sparrowstail
...but things like personal testimony is not actual evidence...science is not a courtroom, its not open to opinion, it relies strictly on hardcore tangable evidence...and its not up to him to debunk UFOs whenever someone claims it, nor witches, fairies, etc...its up for the claims to produce evidence before it should even be considered..
Originally posted by sparrowstail
Originally posted by SaturnFX
reply to post by sparrowstail
...but things like personal testimony is not actual evidence...science is not a courtroom, its not open to opinion, it relies strictly on hardcore tangable evidence...and its not up to him to debunk UFOs whenever someone claims it, nor witches, fairies, etc...its up for the claims to produce evidence before it should even be considered..
Well I humbly disagree with some of this. Science does not always demand tangible proof. For instance conceptual and theoretical physics and mathematics sometimes work strictly on hypothesis or theories that can not be proven (string theory, dark matter).
Einstein's testimonials regarding his famous thought experiments on time travel and relativity were vital to his final conclusions yet he had no tangible way of proving them just his thoughts. Think how much science is built off these thought experiments.
In some ufo cases there is enough anecdotal evidence that allows patterns of truth to be revealed. This can not simply be thrown out
And By the way Bill Nye did try to debunk ufos and other conspiracies on an episode named pseudo science. I tried to find a link but the terms are violated and videos are no longer available at youtube.
Originally posted by sparrowstail
Einstein's testimonials regarding his famous thought experiments on time travel and relativity were vital to his final conclusions yet he had no tangible way of proving them just his thoughts.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by SaturnFX
reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread543139/
String theory, Dark Matter, and even up until reciently, black holes, were just that...theories and speculation. It didnt mean that since there was no proof meant they werent true, it simply meant that it was just a theory (and still is)...
If you said matter of factly that String Theory was a fact, you would be laughed out of any science classroom...its not. If you said, I like to speculate about string theory...then you would get loads of interest...but put it in context.
until there is solid grounded proof, then its all just theory. hell, most of quantum physics in general is still theoretical.
and here is something that should open up your eyes...Gravity is still theoretical...I mean, its a self evident fact because we know the effects of it, but there are still blank spots filled with just theory (gravitons, etc) that have yet to complete the picture perfectly.
So, knowing that, do you honestly fault Bill for saying there is no reason we need to talk about ET as a reality...when his professional position must be that we are still debating gravity to begin with?
representing science is not being a disinfo whatnot...its simply representing our collective knowledge to date...not our collective speculation, but our factual hardcore knowledge...aka, science.
Well this is my point. You say that to speculate about string theory gains interest, fine.
The Drake equation speculates ET's. Why won't skeptics even speculate about ET's and their possible visitation? Why won't Bill Nye even consider the data to speculate? This is my point. They won't. Even though there are lots of good theories and speculation about ufo's and ET's. It should at least be given consideration. Instead of being given the "slide" ie. giggles and kook jokes and stupid balloon myth explanations that are just as unscientific and baseless.
[edit on 12-2-2010 by sparrowstail]
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
[We] remind you that global warming was the first term for this phenomenon that we now call can climate change,"
Who is this we remind us stuff? and if we thats what he meant, i think he was referring the world order group.