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UFO conspiracies are seen as quaint and not harmful. The social media bans are based on what is a pretty flear “harm to others” standard. Antivax certainly harm
by edmundsauto 5y ago
UFO conspiracies are seen as quaint and not harmful. The social media bans are based on what is a pretty flear “harm to others” standard. Antivax certainly harms others, but I can’t see how ufo believers harm others.
All of your questions would be easily answered. Physics? We don’t know about it yet, but do you think we know so much that it’s impossible? Purpose? To explore. Etc.
I’m not suggesting those are the right answers, but with the right motivated reasons, they are trivial to come up with, and unlikely to create a gotcha moment where the theory believers doubts their conspiracy theory.
- mc32 5y agoI'm not so much trying to create a gotcha moment but rather have them logically explain how something would be possible. Hopefully we could think it through and determine if it made sense knowing what we know. If we leave it at "Magic" then that's okay, at least we know we don't have a currently viable explanation for the belief.
- edmundsauto 5y agoIs there room between "evidence" and "magic"? We all believe a ton of things that we personally don't have a viable mechanism of action. (Just ask the average person to explain how a car works! Or the economy!)
- mc32 5y agoYes, there is room, and to me it's "'I don't know' together with 'extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence'". So if I don't know how a car woks, then the mechanic or builder should be able to explain it to someone who understands the principles of how it works.