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Dundee
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I am genuinely at a loss to find common ground. It may be my failing?
But I understand the principle of a skeptical approach.
I understand the demand for proof to tick the boxes for the scientists.
It may be my own bias here, but I get the feeling that most reports that people post
are by default deemed to be (the proverbial) swamp gas by skeptics and scientists.
It seems that if the initial opinion is one of skepticism, how could an investigation ever take place?
So given a hypothetical situation, we are all younger, money and resources are not too much of a problem.
What are the parameters that you would need to warrant an investigation into a UFO sighting?
For me I would think any sighting that is not easily with a very high measure of confidence identified as something known would warrant investigation. Even then I would take the time to investigate probably.
I tend to have more faith in peoples integrity than you skeptics.
If someone says they saw something I tend to think well they probably did, and it is worth a look.
I don't automatically think meh, could be anything, and take no interest.
So given the resources.
What would be your yes / no line.
What would be worth chasing up, what would you say not going to bother with?
And second to that, short of 100% proof,
What sort of results/evidence anecdotal or otherwise would you skeptics require to
put a sighting in the "shit I'm gonna tell my mate about this one, that's just weird" as compared to the swamp gas go hone and watch TV sighting,..
But I understand the principle of a skeptical approach.
I understand the demand for proof to tick the boxes for the scientists.
It may be my own bias here, but I get the feeling that most reports that people post
are by default deemed to be (the proverbial) swamp gas by skeptics and scientists.
It seems that if the initial opinion is one of skepticism, how could an investigation ever take place?
So given a hypothetical situation, we are all younger, money and resources are not too much of a problem.
What are the parameters that you would need to warrant an investigation into a UFO sighting?
For me I would think any sighting that is not easily with a very high measure of confidence identified as something known would warrant investigation. Even then I would take the time to investigate probably.
I tend to have more faith in peoples integrity than you skeptics.
If someone says they saw something I tend to think well they probably did, and it is worth a look.
I don't automatically think meh, could be anything, and take no interest.
So given the resources.
What would be your yes / no line.
What would be worth chasing up, what would you say not going to bother with?
And second to that, short of 100% proof,
What sort of results/evidence anecdotal or otherwise would you skeptics require to
put a sighting in the "shit I'm gonna tell my mate about this one, that's just weird" as compared to the swamp gas go hone and watch TV sighting,..