Re: UFO Debunkers: A Dangerous "Cult" or Super Patriots?/ The History of UFO Debunking!

"Sir Arthur CB Wholeflaffers ASA" <science@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Bob Casanova wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:59:18 -0700 (PDT), the following
>> appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by Sir Arthur CB
>> Wholeflaffers ASA <science@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >Bob Casanova wrote:
>> >>.... Bye now...
>> >
>> >Okay, I'll give you that
>>
>> No need; I already took it.
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> God dang it all, first Casanobrain says he's leaving and now he's back
> to say he's leaving again, isn't that all too typical for your run-of-
> the-mill UFO debunker!!  When all else fails, the debunker outright
> lies, and thinks nobody notices.  How utterly sad!!!  Expect more
> total nonsense from CasaNObrain!
>
> The 3 Golden Rules of the Debunker/Anyone Can Become One!--Even You!
>
>     You've seen them on television talk shows, you've read them in
> Parade magazine (hint-hint), now you would like to be one too.  Of
> course we are talking about the fine art of "debunking".   You say you
> don't have a science degree from Harvard or Stanford, no problem,
> anyone can be a debunker.  Although real professionals make it sound
> so easy, you can learn "right now" the skills of this noble
> profession.  Discover the secrets in three easy-to-learn lessons.
> Write them down and practice the instructions until they become second
> nature, and even you can earn your "Degree" in de-bunkology.
>
>     First off, why would you want to become a debunker?  It's simple,
> really.  The other side has all the good evidence in their favor.
> When you stack up the voluminous amount of exemplary "science" that
> has been done on crop circles, animal mutilations, human abductions,
> government cover-ups, crash retrievals, landing sites, artifacts,
> implants, sightings, video analysis, . . . well you get the picture,
> we can't really substantially argue against the data.  The amount of
> really first-rate evidence is overwhelming in the positive for proving
> the existence of extraterrestrial life interfacing with the planet
> Earth.
>
>     So we have to resort to the three "D's": deny, dispute and
> debunk.  First "deny" there is anything there, when that fails, go to
> "dispute" the facts, and then as a last resort: "debunk" everything.
> It's easy and quite "necessary" really to maintain a functioning
> society and avoid economic disintegration, which would certainly
> follow the announcement of beings from other Planets regularly
> visiting ours.  Many industries would become obsolete over-night,
> including energy, trans****tation, chemicals and many more.  Free-
> Energy alone would put the oil, nuclear, and coal industries out of
> business.  Although that would be for the good for ALL mankind since
> it would reduce the amount of global warming and ozone depletion that
> these industries contribute to.
>
> And now: the three Golden rules of the UFO debunker:
>
> 1) Attack the person not the evidence.  ---- As listed above, the
> preponderance of evidence to establish the existence of
> extraterrestrials and their other-worldly crafts is overwhelming.  So
> instead of acknowledging the evidence, ATTACK the persons'
> credibility.  Call them "crackpots" and "lunatics."  If they don't
> have a college degree, assault them for that.  If they do have a
> degree, even a Ph. D. ask them the relevance of it to the subject
> matter.  To quote Vince Lombardi: "The best defense is a good offense"
> so be offensive.  Perhaps use a Phil Klass technique, and declare
> people who claim to have been abducted by aliens,  "little nobodies,
> people seeking celebrity status."  That usually pisses a bunch of
> people off.  Another Phil Klass technique which is also very clever,
> (as quoted from the Don Ecker radio talk show) just yell out this nice
> expletive: "BULL****" and hang up the phone.  That leaves the audience
> bewildered and bothered,
> and makes you look like the Authority-Figure.
>
> 2) Have a closed mind or "Don't bother me with the facts my mind is
> made up." --- Unfortunately, sometimes you will have to address the
> evidence.  It can be quite ugly and you really don't want to hear it.
> So rule #2 is keep a stiff upper lip, perhaps roll your eyes and just
> drown out the other person when they are trying to make a point or
> quote a statistic.   Try to dismiss the facts, here is another quote
> from the Messiah, Phil Klass, "Even airline pilots can be grossly
> mistaken."  Wow!  Would you really want to fly commercially if that
> was true, I sure wouldn't.  But by the time the audience tries to
> figure out what you meant, just move on to another one liner, such as
> "Wrong, wrong, wrong!"
>
> Now, whom is the audience going to believe someone who just
> illuminated a point by using some great research, or you, the
> "debunker" who only has to say "wrong, wrong, wrong."  You may try
> throwing in some obscure references and words like "confabulation."
> Gets them every time!
>
> 3) Come up with any kind of flimsy explanation, it makes people feel
> better.  Yes students, it's still really potent, spouting a reason
> that lacks substance.  Remember, American's are science-illiterates,
> and they wouldn't know an isotope from ice cream, or an electron from
> a election. So razzle-dazzle them with b.s.  Here are a bunch of
> official-sounding  denials that lack merit, but sound plausible: swamp
> gas (but only where there's swamps!), atmospheric mumbo-jumbo,
> temperature inversions, funny looking clouds, planets, hallucinations,
> shadows and light, smoke and mirrors,  mistaken this or that, hoaxes,
> and that old standby, "Doug and Dave" which was recently used capably
> in Parade magazine by you know whom!!!!! (He is deceased now but his
> memory lives on!)
>
  I really wish you would stop calling ma a debunker because I am not one.
I still insist I am a believer in the truth, Testing, The peoples rights
and 
faith...

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