Re:Where are they? Why I hope the search for ET life finds n...
by wefarrell on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @07:04PM
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> You are saying: "they can't investigate, then it's obviously aliens"!
You're putting words into my mouth. Nowhere have I said that scientists should investigate the extraterrestrial explanation of UFOs, they should investigate the phenomena without any preconceptions.
> Scientists are saying: "we don't know, we should investigate, but we can't".
They aren't saying that. They are saying there's a lack of funding and will. Take the time to read that article that I quoted:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/why-we-should-take-ufo-sigh...
- There are UNIDENTIFIED flying objects
- (it would seem that) the scientific consensus is "we would like to investigate this, however we cannot"
- a small percentage of these UFOS are not explainable in conventional ways.
The rest are conjectures and speculations. Non-reproducibility is not the biggest issue, non-falsifiability is a bigger problem.
Scientists are saying: "we don't know, we should investigate, but we can't". You are saying: "they can't investigate, then it's obviously aliens"! I say they are Santa's little elves using camouflaged reindeer (this also explain the "flying lights": it's Rudolph's nose): prove my theory wrong.
TL;DR: if you can't scientifically study a phenomenon, or if no studies are done, science is not telling you what the phenomenon is. You can believe you know what that is, but it still just your belief.