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From: Brian Zeiler <bdzeiler@anet-chi.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 01:13:09 -0600 (CST)
Fwd Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 10:14:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Philosophy of Science and UFOs (Correction)

I wrote:

>This is a very important point, because it falsifies the misidentification
>hypothesis.  That is, by misidentification hypothesis, I refer to the
>skeptical position, or the null hypothesis (so to speak), which is that UFOs
>are simply a potpourri of misidentified prosaic phenomenon.  The
>misidentification hypothesis clearly predicts that lousy observers are more
>likely to be unsolvable, i.e., "unknown".  Yet this prediction fails
>completely, since there is direct relationship between observer skill and
>solvability.

Brain failure -- just so nobody wonders what I'm talking about, obviously I
meant that there is an inverse relationship (not direct) between observer
skill and solvability of the report, which is the opposite of what the
misidentification hypothesis predicts.

Brian