Comments on: Skepticism Is Not A Dirty Word http://www.ufomystic.com/2007/02/02/skepticism-revised/ UFO News, Views, and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Greg Bishop http://www.ufomystic.com/2007/02/02/skepticism-revised/#comment-1004 Greg Bishop Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:35:14 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/skepticism-revised/#comment-1004 Bill, It had to be said, and I was so happy to find that piece on the Pyrrhonists. Bill,

It had to be said, and I was so happy to find that piece on the Pyrrhonists.

]]> By: Greg Bishop http://www.ufomystic.com/2007/02/02/skepticism-revised/#comment-1003 Greg Bishop Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:34:11 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/skepticism-revised/#comment-1003 Jess, That's going on a t-shirt, and I'm wearing it to the next UFO convention I'm at. Everyone who sees it will agree with the quote. Duh. Ha! Greg Jess,

That’s going on a t-shirt, and I’m wearing it to the next UFO convention I’m at. Everyone who sees it will agree with the quote. Duh.

Ha!

Greg

]]> By: Bill Hancock http://www.ufomystic.com/2007/02/02/skepticism-revised/#comment-1002 Bill Hancock Sun, 04 Feb 2007 05:04:00 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/skepticism-revised/#comment-1002 "If you torture the data long enough you can make it confess to anything." -Chuck Missler My GOD, but I love that quote!!!!!!! How true, how true!!!! Bill “If you torture the data long enough you can make it confess to anything.”
-Chuck Missler

My GOD, but I love that quote!!!!!!! How true, how true!!!!

Bill

]]> By: DingoDog99 http://www.ufomystic.com/2007/02/02/skepticism-revised/#comment-996 DingoDog99 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:22:09 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/skepticism-revised/#comment-996 I have alawys enjoyed the; "I don't believe anything until it has been officially denied." mindset. Now who said that? But Greg and Bill are right. You can not claim objectivity until you are willing to consider both sides of an argument. I hate to say, it's UFO researchers who are often the worst of the worst when it comes to poor logical thinking. Sadly people want to ignore the facts and work the figures until it supports their own theories. In fact I read a posting to a UFO list-serve last night where the e- mail author complained that "the blogs" were repositories for the worst kind of thinking and a "poor reflection" on the UFO research community. How sad. "If you torture the data long enough you can make it confess to anything." -Chuck Missler. Jess I have alawys enjoyed the; “I don’t believe anything until it has been officially denied.” mindset. Now who said that? But Greg and Bill are right. You can not claim objectivity until you are willing to consider both sides of an argument.

I hate to say, it’s UFO researchers who are often the worst of the worst when it comes to poor logical thinking. Sadly people want to ignore the facts and work the figures until it supports their own theories.

In fact I read a posting to a UFO list-serve last night where the e- mail author complained that “the blogs” were repositories for the worst kind of thinking and a “poor reflection” on the UFO research community. How sad.

“If you torture the data long enough you can make it confess to anything.”
-Chuck Missler.

Jess

]]> By: Bill Hancock http://www.ufomystic.com/2007/02/02/skepticism-revised/#comment-993 Bill Hancock Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:35:33 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/skepticism-revised/#comment-993 Now THIS is what the outlook of a true questioning...skeptical...mind should be; not this knee-jerk "can't be...therefore it isn't" or "don't try to confuse me with facts when I've already made up my mind that everything is owls" dippy mindset of the CSI(COP) "sTarbaby" crowd. Now THIS is what the outlook of a true questioning…skeptical…mind should be; not this knee-jerk “can’t be…therefore it isn’t” or “don’t try to confuse me with facts when I’ve already made up my mind that everything is owls” dippy mindset of the CSI(COP) “sTarbaby” crowd.

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