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- From: twitch@hub.ofthe.net
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- Subject: Re: BELIEVER IN PARANORMAL COMPARES SKEPTICS TO MURDERERS
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 15:46:34 GMT
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- Brian Zeiler <bdzeiler@students.wisc.edu> wrote:
-
- #taranr wrote:
-
- #> I understand that if proof of ET were obtained that many feel this
- would
- #> result in such panic that the wall street would collapse.
-
- #I talked about this with some people in the grad office a few months
- ago,
- #and we didn't agree with this. If anything happened, it would dip
- for
- #two hours and come back. I don't think most people feel threatened
- by
- #aliens, at least not people with money to invest. Personally, I
- think
- #aerospace and defense companies would surge, along with the dollar.
-
- I agree! Any high tech stocks would probably take off. The same
- thing might happen to the medical stocks, but that is far more
- speculative.
-
- The
- #bond market would crash only if it was released in the next two days
- #since people probably sold bonds on news that the Bulls lost last
- night.
- #Generally, I don't think bonds would be affected. I don't think it
- would
- #have much of any impact on the markets, really.
-
- #--
- #Brian Zeiler
-
- Twitch
-
-