Subject: Re: More naked skepticism
From: "Kavik Kang" <Kavik_Kang@hotmail.com>
Date: 14/07/2003, 12:09
Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,uk.rec.ufo,alt.usenet.kooks

I have three questions:

You certainly do, honest ones too. I'm always willing to drop my act to
answer some truely honest questions.

1.  What qualities of superior knowledge do you
posses that makes you think you are an expert on
the subjects of Debunkery or for that matter the
universe?

On the universe... no more than anyone else who has an interest in the
subject. On "Debunkery"... I've been in these newsgroups since before
Internet was really used, alt.paranet.ufo through local BBS systems. I
became interested early in what I, and many others, define as "debunkery"
which is the dishonest trickery used by some, who aren't really even
interested in the subject, and really just want to play their little game to
boost their own ego. I understand their game well, and have an excercise I
call "The Great Great Wall Debate", in which I turn the tables on one of
these poor people and show how silly their tactics are. Hopefully Mike will
not be intimidated by the prospect of presenting me with evidence, and you
will get too see this for yourself, but I doubt he will.

2.  You seem to have a penchant for putting down
"debunkers".  My question is:  Why do you like
bunk?

I don't like bunk, we definately want to seperate fact from fiction. But the
tactics used by the most rabid "debunkers" do nothing toward furthering that
goal, so that isn't really relevant. By the dictionary definition of "to
debunk", yes, that is a good thing, but that isn't what people involved in
the UFO debate are talking about when they say "debunker". They are talking
about the raving lunatics who attack anything anyone says, insult people as
often as possible, and use any dishonest trick they can think of too come
out on top of the conversation. They don't have an honest interest in the
subject, only in boosting their ego at the expense of others.


3.  Is bunk more exciting for you than real
science and real facts?

Already got that one above. Real facts, and especially real science, are
good things. Real science, that is, not UFO debunker "science", where there
is almost no subject for which any evidence can be provided.