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- From: mcknighl@ix.netcom.com (Lawrence E. McKnight)
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Dr. Paul Hill's repulsive force field
- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 16:58:46 GMT
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- Jim Rogers <jfr@fc.hp.com> wrote:
-
- >(sci.physics deleted from this)
- >
- >Bill Peterson wrote:
- >> In article <4q6m6r$cbn@thorn.cc.usm.edu>,
- >> Lawrence R. Mead <lrmead@whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
- >> >
- >> >Principle number one of science: "Extroardinary claims require
- >> >extroardinary evidence". No "skeptic" will accept such flimsy, ephemeral,
- >> >non-numerical, indeed non-physical, word-of-mouth "evidence" that any
- >> >UFO-ologist offers for the (at the very least) earth-shattering news that an
- >> >extraterrestrial craft has visited!
- >>
- >> This is what I don't understand. Why do we really care if skeptics
- >> accept it or not?
- >
- >Shouldn't that be considered an important hurdle? Would you rather have only
- >credulous, gullible people's acceptance of something be a measure of worth
- >of a conjecture?
-
- Well, it is sounding more and more like a religion. (Well, some
- religions.) They have their beliefs, and don't really care if they can
- convince others of the truth of their beliefs.
- >
- >Jim
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- Larry McKnight
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