Journal alternative_right's Journal: High Colonic of Raging Honesty Realism: Do not equalize source data 2
Speaking of UFOs and why the USG is suppressing reports...
We tend to assume that everyone else is as reasonable as we are.
Quit doing that shit.
We have a century of UFO reports, no clear photos we can authenticate, and no artifacts.
We do however know that Roswell was designed to protect the TR-1 and similar projects.
If alien civilizations exist, they either (1) have self-destructed like ours is currently doing or (2) have made it past that hump and do not want to contact us and receive our disease.
The stuff submitted to government is exactly like the stuff people call into police tiplines, 99%+ not only wrong but maliciously deceptive.
Powerless, aimless, fatalistic, self-pitying, opportunistic and individualistic people like to deceive others in order to feel important.
It is a psychological disease shared by most of humanity with the highest percentages among the poor, third world, and women.
You raise a valid argument (Score:2)
However, we have to factor in that we cannot evaluate the relative credibility of sources if ALL of the sources are outright dishonest.
Should we expect honesty from the MOD/DOD? If it is to cover their backsides due to wilful incompetency on their part, then we should require them to be honest, yes. They are in an extreme position of trust, where one wrong move could easily endanger the safety (and possibly lives) of everyone in their respective countries. These are not establishments where failure has any
Current President (Score:2)
The current President could not possibly keep any secret and would fire anyone that attempts to hide anything from him.
The universe is huge. I have no doubt there is intelligent life somewhere off earth. There are 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. 100 billion stars per galaxy, that is a lot of chances.
A galaxy is about 100,000 light years across, and we have a minimum of 5 million light years between galaxies.
A hundred thousand light years means there may still be alien life in the Milky W