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  2. From: Jim Rogers <jfr@fc.hp.com>
  3. Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,sci.skeptic
  4. Subject: Re: Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World"
  5. Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 12:45:23 -0600
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  17. Rosie/Dan Truesdell wrote:
  18. > "Wm G. Smith" <w.smith@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
  19. > 
  20. > >There's something I just don't get about the UFO people:
  21. > >[...]
  22. > >Now, the following facts are sufficiently within the ordinary experience of most human
  23. > >beings that they should not need any citations:
  24. > >       1.  People sometimes see things that aren't there.
  25. > >       2.  People sometimes misinterpret what they do see.
  26. > >       3.  People are very suggestible.
  27. > >       4.  People sometimes lie.
  28. > 
  29. > 1. Scientists sometimes see things that aren't there.
  30. > 2. Scientists sometimes misinterpret what they do see.
  31. > 3. Scientists are very suggestible.
  32. > 4. Scientists sometimes lie.
  33. > 5. Governments ALWAYS lie.
  34. > 6. Scientists work for the government.
  35.  
  36. You forgot the word "some."
  37.  
  38. > I think there's plenty foolishness to go around. No one
  39. > is immune.
  40. > 
  41. > So?
  42.