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- From: wscott@gate.net (W. Scott Gibson)
- Newsgroups: alt.paranet.abduct,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,alt.alien.research,alt.paranet.abduct
- Subject: Re: ET's Give Reasons For Animal Mutilations and Human Abductions/"Necessity Su
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:06:26 GMT
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- usuhsb.usuhs.mil!fantegrossi (BILL F) wrote:
-
- >In article <31c95683.1066511@news.gate.net>, wscott@gate.net (W. Scott Gibson) writes:
- >>Brian Zeiler <bdzeiler@students.wisc.edu> wrote:
- >>
- >> While I'm still skeptical of
- >>>abductions, I think the sleep paralysis and temporal lobe epilepsy
- >>>explanations completely suck. Skeptics who defend them are simply
- >>>looking for *any* explanation, however absurd.
- >>>
- >>
- >>First Skeptibunker to the second Skeptibunker "Occam's Razor? Isn't
- >>that a new disposable by Gillette?"
- >>
-
- > OK.
- > You're the guy who started all this: What does Occam's Razor demand now?
- >
-
- Hey, it was just a lame little joke that popped into my head while
- reading Brian's post. Did you notice I'm making fun OF skeptics?
- Occam's Razor gets flung around here a lot. Many of those invoking it
- seem to have little idea of it's significance. I agree temporal lobe
- epilepsy and sleep paralysis are absurd explanations for abduction
- experiences. Precisely because the accounts are too consistent to be
- caused by internal brain disorders. Some might be caused by exposure
- to abduction accounts coupled with one of the conditions. Since aliens
- from outer space are about the least probable cause of the abduction
- accounts, I guess Occam's Razor would suggest you look for a new
- mental disorder or maybe proof of a government mind control
- experiment. There are two problems with that. A number of very capable
- mental health professionals have looked at these people and decided
- most of them are not mentally ill. And the hidden mind control
- experiments imply a much more capable government than I think we have.
- I still don't like the idea of little grey guys taking women out of
- their beds for bizarre purposes. What do you think Occam's Razor
- demands now?
-
- Scott Gibson
-
-