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Can you just... please... at least just watch the damn 7-minute video (shit, if you watch it at 1.5 speed it's only 5 mins!), because as it turns out, not all t

Can you just... please... at least just watch the damn 7-minute video (shit, if you watch it at 1.5 speed it's only 5 mins!), because as it turns out, not all truths can be reached via scientific papers, with some truths you have to actually listen to people talking about their subjective experiences (more pedestrian cases in point: kids claiming they are trans or gay despite no obvious mechanistic explanation for it, women claiming they were sexually assaulted, guys claiming that blueballs exist (did you know there's no actual evidence for that and that the predominant explanation is "testicular torsion", which is insane, as that condition is an extremely rare medical emergency, according to my nurse friend?), anyone reporting anything as an eyewitness to a police or legal authority... etc. etc. etc.) I'm not trying to sell you anything. I'm not making any money on this (and neither are these folks), and 60 Minutes is a (mostly) reputable information source with a long history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB4EZ7ggig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygB4EZ7ggig

the_af 5y ago
> as it turns out, not all truths can be reached via scientific papers, with some truths you have to actually listen to people talking about their subjective experiences It turns out claims of intelligent ET life visiting Earth is one of those things that requires scientific evidence and cannot be based on "subjective experiences". Unsurprisingly, your video seems to tick many of the boxes in my template example. 60 minutes is not reputable in the sense you mean, nor is it the right venue for subject matter experts. Anyway, this exchange has become fruitless. I'm not at all interested in hearing from "subjective experiences" of space aliens that are beyond the reach of "scientific papers". Please continue believing whatever you want, and have a nice day.

the_af 5y ago

> as it turns out, not all truths can be reached via scientific papers, with some truths you have to actually listen to people talking about their subjective experiences It turns out claims of intelligent ET life visiting Earth is one of those things that requires scientific evidence and cannot be based on "subjective experiences". Unsurprisingly, your video seems to tick many of the boxes in my template example. 60 minutes is not reputable in the sense you mean, nor is it the right venue for subject matter experts. Anyway, this exchange has become fruitless. I'm not at all interested in hearing from "subjective experiences" of space aliens that are beyond the reach of "scientific papers". Please continue believing whatever you want, and have a nice day.