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I’m a big fan of this Substack post. The UFO craze was created by government nepotism and incompetent journalism https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/the

I’m a big fan of this Substack post. The UFO craze was created by government nepotism and incompetent journalism https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/the-ufo-craze-was-created-by-government https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/the-ufo-craze-was-... > To sum up the story as far as I understand its convoluted depths: diehard paranormal believers scored 22 million in Defense spending via what looks like nepotism from Harry Reid by submitting a grant to do bland general “aerospace research” and being the “sole bidder” for the contract. They then reportedly used that grant, according to Lacatski himself, the head of the program, to study a myriad of paranormal phenomenon at Skinwalker Ranch including—you may have guessed it by now—dino-beavers. Viola! That’s how there was a “government-funded program to study UFOs.”

motohagiography 3y ago
Charitably, in government terms that's not a lot of money, and given congress gets a new set of bumpkins and rubes every four years, having current rigorous data and evidence relating to the beliefs they might be bringing into the job seems like a wise use of funds. The UAP thing is also mostly a lever for narrative control, where whenever the news gets a little too close for comfort, you can release some alien files and knock something out of the news cycle. $22-million gets you a whole bunch of dry powder for less than the cost of a crisis management firm on a political campaign. People will believe anything, and while you can rarely convince them otherwise, you absolutely can become the source for confirmations, and they'll follow whatever confirms their beliefs. Who cares what they actually believe so long as they're dependent on facts you control to believe it. That's just the game.

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I’m a big fan of this Substack post. The UFO craze was created by government nepotism and incompetent journalism https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/the

by perardi 3y ago

motohagiography 3y ago
Charitably, in government terms that's not a lot of money, and given congress gets a new set of bumpkins and rubes every four years, having current rigorous data and evidence relating to the beliefs they might be bringing into the job seems like a wise use of funds. The UAP thing is also mostly a lever for narrative control, where whenever the news gets a little too close for comfort, you can release some alien files and knock something out of the news cycle. $22-million gets you a whole bunch of dry powder for less than the cost of a crisis management firm on a political campaign. People will believe anything, and while you can rarely convince them otherwise, you absolutely can become the source for confirmations, and they'll follow whatever confirms their beliefs. Who cares what they actually believe so long as they're dependent on facts you control to believe it. That's just the game.