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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

William Seger

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5. LOL, it seems it doesn't take much

Reply to Archae (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 03:59 AM

Feb 2014

... as long as people can't see sufficient details to identify something and have a predisposition to believe that strange visitors from another planet is a plausible explanation for anything that can't be identified.

One reason you can't "do science" with anecdotes is that there is usually no possible way to weed out simple misidentification, much less outright hoaxes.

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Sounds like a dumb idea to me. Archae Feb 2014 #1

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We didn't need drones or LED's. Archae Feb 2014 #4

LOL, it seems it doesn't take much William Seger Feb 2014 #5

I know, I had a "UFO experience" a few years ago. Archae Feb 2014 #6

It might also teach people Springslips Aug 2014 #7

Didn't this happen recently in Texas? Lordquinton Sep 2014 #8