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I'd like for you to spell out exactly what you mean by "I was a skeptic of a lot of things until..." You saw something you couldn't explain. How is this connect

I'd like for you to spell out exactly what you mean by "I was a skeptic of a lot of things until..." You saw something you couldn't explain. How is this connected to skepticism? Haven't you ever seen a magic trick you couldn't explain? Conversely, haven't you ever been lied to and were convinced you knew the explanation but later found out it was wrong? The absence of evidence that something terrestrial happened is not the evidence of absence of something terrestrial happening. You saw something you are uncertain of, why does it seem like you are flirting with being certain it was aliens? Your experience was legitimate, please explain the legitimacy in linking your experience to other accounts of completely different phenomena and the alien narrative overall? I think if your skepticism was shaken you were doing it wrong.

rblion 7y ago
I think all -isms are an ego trap. I'd like to stop there. I don't care to be validated as an experiencer or as a skeptic, both are extreme points of view if you ask me. Some people jump straight to aliens, others jump straight to bullshit. I would give this more time but I need to go to bed, I've spent more time in this thread than I thought I would.
- twiceaday 7y ago
  You said very little, I asked you to clarify, this is a cop-out. You have a faulty definition of skepticism, it is an easy-for-you-to-attack caricature. Plus, you've made no claims that require skepticism. You only implied them. I asked you to make them explicit but you got cold feet or something. This, combined with your comments in the other thread about wanting to believe there is something greater and that we are not alone, is enough for me to stop engaging.
  - rblion 7y ago
    No, it's more a way to save time. People either dismiss things like with 'ball lightning' 'dogfighting' 'laserpointers' or they jump to 'aliens' 'secret machines'. I'm good on this discussion, it's not mission critical to what I am doing and I don't see the value of continuing it. Nobody knows what they are, they just have theories. I am okay with it being a mystery, I'm sure I'll see them again and I'll get video next time.

rblion 7y ago

I think all -isms are an ego trap. I'd like to stop there. I don't care to be validated as an experiencer or as a skeptic, both are extreme points of view if you ask me. Some people jump straight to aliens, others jump straight to bullshit. I would give this more time but I need to go to bed, I've spent more time in this thread than I thought I would.

twiceaday 7y ago
You said very little, I asked you to clarify, this is a cop-out. You have a faulty definition of skepticism, it is an easy-for-you-to-attack caricature. Plus, you've made no claims that require skepticism. You only implied them. I asked you to make them explicit but you got cold feet or something. This, combined with your comments in the other thread about wanting to believe there is something greater and that we are not alone, is enough for me to stop engaging.
- rblion 7y ago
  No, it's more a way to save time. People either dismiss things like with 'ball lightning' 'dogfighting' 'laserpointers' or they jump to 'aliens' 'secret machines'. I'm good on this discussion, it's not mission critical to what I am doing and I don't see the value of continuing it. Nobody knows what they are, they just have theories. I am okay with it being a mystery, I'm sure I'll see them again and I'll get video next time.