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Trump is Trump, I wouldn't use him as an example personally. The guy who wrote this article in the Boston Globe is "a professor of philosophy and director of t

by uhtred 3y ago

Trump is Trump, I wouldn't use him as an example personally. The guy who wrote this article in the Boston Globe is "a professor of philosophy and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College" - seems like it wouldn't be worth him making this up. And he doesn't describe seeing distant lights in the sky, but a flying saucer hovering over him and aiming a light on him- what could he be misidentifying?

ceejayoz 3y ago
> Trump is Trump, I wouldn't use him as an example personally. He's a perfect example of how not everyone cares about getting caught lying. > And he doesn't describe seeing distant lights in the sky, but a flying saucer hovering over him and aiming a light on him- what could he be misidentifying? Shit, it could've been a realistic dream; I've had dreams I was certain were real. Or, more mundanely, maybe it was a helicopter with a searchlight. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/07/30/206946740/mysterious-dancing-lights-in-afghanistan https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/07/30/206946740/m... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopp%E2%80%93Etchells_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopp%E2%80%93Etchells_effect
- uhtred 3y ago
  hmm, he does say he was camping on a beach in Plymouth, MA. On the map I see a municipal airport not far inland and a bit to the south a coast guard air base. I could imagine a coast guard helicopter out patrolling the coastline taking a closer look at someone on the beach at 2am.
anotherman554 3y ago
I can't read the full Boston Globe article due to the paywall and offer no opinion on the author's state of mind, but if you assume some small percent of outwardly functional people have "eccentric" personalities, it would not be surprising that you would occasionally hear about a college professor doing something eccentric. Why is any further explanation needed than "some humans have quirky personalities and do quirky things..."

by uhtred 3y ago

ceejayoz 3y ago

> Trump is Trump, I wouldn't use him as an example personally. He's a perfect example of how not everyone cares about getting caught lying. > And he doesn't describe seeing distant lights in the sky, but a flying saucer hovering over him and aiming a light on him- what could he be misidentifying? Shit, it could've been a realistic dream; I've had dreams I was certain were real. Or, more mundanely, maybe it was a helicopter with a searchlight. https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/07/30/206946740/mysterious-dancing-lights-in-afghanistan https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2013/07/30/206946740/m... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopp%E2%80%93Etchells_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopp%E2%80%93Etchells_effect

uhtred 3y ago
hmm, he does say he was camping on a beach in Plymouth, MA. On the map I see a municipal airport not far inland and a bit to the south a coast guard air base. I could imagine a coast guard helicopter out patrolling the coastline taking a closer look at someone on the beach at 2am.

anotherman554 3y ago

I can't read the full Boston Globe article due to the paywall and offer no opinion on the author's state of mind, but if you assume some small percent of outwardly functional people have "eccentric" personalities, it would not be surprising that you would occasionally hear about a college professor doing something eccentric. Why is any further explanation needed than "some humans have quirky personalities and do quirky things..."