It occurs to me (to the extent that anybody cares) (if there even is one) that the mechanism by which people dismiss "fringe" ideas as presumptive lunacy goes something like this : an idea or concept prompts a mental data search ; the search report comes back as "no data in file," and that's that. This is mistaken for "There is no evidence for that." (Actually, there may be a ton of it -- it's just not in the dismissor's memory banks) (the mental image of something is mistakenly taken to be an accurate representation of the reality it images).
ANYHOW. If you've got five minutes, this is interesting :
http://www.theufochronicles.com/2014/02 ... f-los.html
Familiarity changes perspective.
The Battle of Los Angeles
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circumspice
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Re: The Battle of Los Angeles
Wholesale acceptance is as idiotic as wholesale dismissal. Nuff said? 
"Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, and, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." ~ Alexander Pope
"Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, and, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer." ~ Alexander Pope
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Frank Harrist
Re: The Battle of Los Angeles
And vice versa. Either one is idiotic.circumspice wrote:Wholesale acceptance is as idiotic as wholesale dismissal. Nuff said?