I understand that some science is so thorough and precise that anyone challenging it will have a difficult time. My issue arises with UFOs. They display capabilities that are clearly outside the boundaries of what we would consider scientifically possible with our current understanding of physics. Does this mean humans have a fundamentally flawed concept of the universal physics we study? What if that flaw, when corrected, requires an entire rewriting of our physics laws? Is it perhaps just a new physics, undiscovered as of yet? If thats the case, how can we claim to know with any certainty what we claim to know? We lack the complete picture.
I also find it strange the pushback one receives anywhere when questioning the shape and motion of earth. Theres a level of dogma people adhere to, often being completely ignorant to the specifics of their own arguments they make in support of their beliefs. And the ones who can capably debate the issue, all refuse to answer: where is the curve and where is the motion?
Oh, I agree with this 100%. Agreed on the aliens part and agreed on the pushback. On the pushback bit, that is just the firewall software in our pre-frontal coretex trying to filter out bad information. What it is doing is looking for anything that is extreme to one side or the other or anything that is utopian in nature. The reason for that, in my opinion, is that all of us as a species know that if something is too good to be true, it probably is. We always hope and try to investigate, but deep down we know that anything that is too good to be true will not only be a waste of time, but also probably cost us in some way, like losing money, time, etc.
The way to get around that is to signal that you have investigated the opposite and to suggest that the idea isn't pure or utopian but on the realm of possibility. It's not 100% but that is what the firewall is looking for.
Of course, one would hope that the signalling isn't fake and that the ideas are actually tested and the person is communicating truth rather than the gamblers hope that the next pull of at the slots is going to be a winner.
This happens all over the place, especially politics.
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