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- From: Jim Rogers <jfr@fc.hp.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,alt.alien.research,alt.ufo.reports,alt.paranet.abduct,sci.skeptic,alt.paranet.science
- Subject: Re: Are all UFO debunkers rabid crackpots?
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 14:10:13 -0600
- Organization: Archaeological (lower strata contain older files)
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- Brian Zeiler wrote:
- .....
- > Typical skeptic post with a total lack of substance and logic. Mike
- > thinks that alien visitation implies physical proof, and then he
- > considers the lack of physical proof as a disproof of visitation. That
- > way, he can fallaciously ignore the other evidence for physical objects
- > under intelligent control with propulsions that humans cannot duplicate.
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- No, Brian, you're the one who's regularly constructing that sort of logical
- rationale. Mike said nothing of the sort. Lack of evidence is lack of
- evidence, it's not "disproof," nor did he claim it was.
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- Jim
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