Comments on: Some UFO Logical Fallacies http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503 Your Daily Fix of Neuroscience, Skepticism, and Critical Thinking Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:19:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: smazenyy http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-11115 smazenyy Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:18:04 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-11115 "Here’s a free tip - if you want to have a shred of credibility, you should acknowledge legitimate points on the other side" But Steve, if he did that he wouldn't have a leg to stand on! “Here’s a free tip – if you want to have a shred of credibility, you should acknowledge legitimate points on the other side”

But Steve, if he did that he wouldn’t have a leg to stand on!

]]> By: tmac57 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10781 tmac57 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:36:45 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10781 Devils Advocate: "If UFOs are “real”, we ought to be knee deep in photographic or videographic evidence. " Oh DA you are so naive ! Of course the explaination is: wait for it ,wait for it...drumroll please...ladies and gentlemen...the ultimate moving goalpost...the answer to end all skepticism... "the alien's technology is so advanced , we don't have (and never will) the capabilities to (fill in your argument here). We mere humans can never understand them. Aliens move in mysterious ways, their wonders to perform. Devils Advocate: “If UFOs are “real”, we ought to be knee deep in photographic or videographic evidence. ”
Oh DA you are so naive ! Of course the explaination is: wait for it ,wait for it…drumroll please…ladies and gentlemen…the ultimate moving goalpost…the answer to end all skepticism… “the alien’s technology is so advanced , we don’t have (and never will) the capabilities to (fill in your argument here).
We mere humans can never understand them. Aliens move in mysterious ways, their wonders to perform.

]]> By: artfulD http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10776 artfulD Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:02:13 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10776 Golly gee willikers nobody dun splaind it thataway afore! Golly gee willikers nobody dun splaind it thataway afore!

]]> By: HHC http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10775 HHC Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:41:09 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10775 Where are these UFOs coming from other than misperception? Our solar system has no other life forms. Only the Earth has human life as we know it. The traveling time from earth would be ridiculously long to other solar systems. Where are these UFOs coming from other than misperception? Our solar system has no other life forms. Only the Earth has human life as we know it. The traveling time from earth would be ridiculously long to other solar systems.

]]> By: Eric Thomson http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10749 Eric Thomson Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:04:09 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10749 I appreciate the effort and honesty from Gimbel. I am a huge X-Files fan, so I Want to Believe. Alas, I don't believe, but I do enjoy browsing the over 200 pics of UFOs at this site: http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/view/newer.htm I appreciate the effort and honesty from Gimbel. I am a huge X-Files fan, so I Want to Believe.

Alas, I don’t believe, but I do enjoy browsing the over 200 pics of UFOs at this site:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/view/newer.htm

]]> By: noswonky http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10734 noswonky Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:04:35 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10734 Nobody can seriously claim that Michael Jackson is of terrestrial origin. Nobody can seriously claim that Michael Jackson is of terrestrial origin.

]]> By: MarkW http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10731 MarkW Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:25:31 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10731 Gimbel: are you seriously trying to argue that the Gulf Breeze case isn't a hoax? Wow. Next you'll be telling us that George Adamski really did go to Venus. Gimbel: are you seriously trying to argue that the Gulf Breeze case isn’t a hoax? Wow.

Next you’ll be telling us that George Adamski really did go to Venus.

]]> By: artfulD http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10709 artfulD Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:19:55 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10709 I am in receipt of information that aliens actually use facsimiles of jumbo jets for their scientific observations, and the UFOs shaped like saucers are decoys that reveal themselves only to the certifiably ignorant who will then, by reporting these sightings to the public, offer proof to the certifiably knowledgeable that no aliens have actually been here at all. I am in receipt of information that aliens actually use facsimiles of jumbo jets for their scientific observations, and the UFOs shaped like saucers are decoys that reveal themselves only to the certifiably ignorant who will then, by reporting these sightings to the public, offer proof to the certifiably knowledgeable that no aliens have actually been here at all.

]]> By: DevilsAdvocate http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10708 DevilsAdvocate Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:49:26 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10708 I think mainstream science should set aside one day a year during which they lower scientific standards for evidence a good 90% and then let the UFO believers sit at the Adult Science Table for once. I think mainstream science should set aside one day a year during which they lower scientific standards for evidence a good 90% and then let the UFO believers sit at the Adult Science Table for once.

]]> By: superdave http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503&cpage=1#comment-10681 superdave Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:43:44 +0000 http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=503#comment-10681 ah apparently that link did not work for the first picture. oh well, you get the idea. ah apparently that link did not work for the first picture. oh well, you get the idea.

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