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Title: I BELIEVE IN ALIENS! I DO! I DO!
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Published: Apr 9, 2011
Author: Turtle
Post Date: 2011-04-09 11:22:48 by Turtle
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#1. To: Turtle (#0)
It's not a matter of "belief", it's a matter of acknowledging a fact. Do you also say that you belive in humans, or that you belive in planets, etc.?
Yes, for those that have been investing some effort and being deeply curious. However many don't realize just how much their cognitive biases intervene to these 'little pebbles dropped into the pond' that create ripples to evoke some thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases One of many threads that I've created on CL on the various topics of UFO's, Aliens, etc for those that are looking for material to share from human history. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/forums/?ID=178865380 Some 40+ posts to YouTube interviews, news stories and aired programs from the past, and recent events, to follow the shaping & engineering of our perception on this topic area.
And it is not only in that area. We have an entire Psychiatrically engineered word view that has been built up over the last 60 years. For example: Pharmaceuticals are good for you and make you well and natural treatments are quackery. We are the most advanced civilization that has ever existed. We are promoting our self defense by attacking and conquering other countries. Man is an animal no different than a laboratory rat. You are your body and are solely and only the result of chemical reactions. Religion is all bunk. Liberty is an illusion. The government is only doing what is best and operates for the benefit of all. GMOs are "progress". The "News" Media are in the business of telling the truth. If you didn't see it on TV it isn't true. And on and on. Ideas engineered and sold to shape and mold people's thoughts and perspectives. This way they don't see what they are not supposed to.
#4. To: Original_Intent (#3)
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Nice one Original Intent ! It is truly gratifying to find other minds that question any source that holds itself out to be 'the truth.' It is rare, but it does happen, and I'm truly honored to find yet another one. :) "Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing," answered Holmes thoughtfully. "It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different." "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact ... " -- Arthur Conan Doyle (1891)
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#2. To: FormerLurker (#1)
Re: "It's not a matter of "belief", it's a matter of acknowledging a fact. "
#3. To: 58andfixed (#2)
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Some 40+ posts to YouTube interviews, news stories and aired programs from the past, and recent events, to follow the shaping & engineering of our perception on this topic area.
Replies to Comment # 3. Re: "And it is not only in that area. We have an entire Psychiatrically engineered word view that has been built up over the last 60 years."
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