booNyzarC, on 31 October 2012 - 01:50 AM, said:
Thankyou.
I carry my knowledge humbly and do my part to dispell the tinfoil hat stereotype. I don't hold myself out as an expert, because their ain't no such animal in this field.
As far as being a debunker incognito...I suppose that's true.
I take a personal dislike to those that profess to have great knowledge and make money off gullible folks (I don't mean that to be derrogatory) that want so desperately to know we are not alone in this big Universe.
Based on probabilities, it is staggeringly unlikely that we are alone and sorry to say it but...
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
...and you're sure as hell not going to find it with IR viewers from an army surplus store.
Edited by synchronomy, 31 October 2012 - 02:29 AM.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new.
This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan