Debunkers = Scientists? Nope!

Ben Hogan <bearhunterman@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:30:24 GMT

I spent a long time reading the posts on these newsgroups, and have
come
to the conclusion that the so-called debunkers are as far from being
"Scientific" as you can get.  They remind me of fundamentalist
Christians who can't accept the heaps of data supporting evolution.

They are:
* Close minded

* Have pre-set expectations as to what is "possible", and dismiss
anything, no matter how much evidence there is, that doesn't fit
within
their limited, fixed, view of "reality".

* Resort to personal attacks instead of attacking the data.  This is
the
most humorous part - just look at the people who do the name calling
in
these groups - The louder they scream and the more personal their
attacks, the funnier they are.  It's actually sad that there are
people
that have nothing better to do than call people names.  What a
miserable
life they must have.  If they think this is all nonsense, why don't
they
just leave?

* They think they are doing some sort of public service by personally
attacking people that simply report something out of the ordinary
that
they have seen or experienced.  It's like they have some sort of
"God"
complex.  It's up to them to save the world from any viewpoint that
doesn't match their own.

* They get a sense of "importance" or "worth" by pretending that they
are smarter than the rest of us.  The fact is, they simply haven't
had
the opportunity to see something that some of us have.

It's obvious that they are not going to leave these groups, which is
fine.  For those of us who have seen strange things, it's easier to
simply think of them as "sick", and continue our search for the truth
by
ignoring them.  They are the same type of people that held on to the
belief that the world was flat, or that the sun orbited the earth.
Their distorted reality will, of course, crumble one day.  When it
does,
the debunkers will be the ones jumping out of windows or shooting
them
selves.  I look forward to that day. :-)

- Ben