ChrisInSyd
Paranormal Novice
Hi all, I have been an avid listener to The Paracast for
quite a while now, even going back through the archives to listen to all the
episodes before my discovery of this show. I have some questions re the way
people’s information is treated, their characters are treated and the way
information seems to be subjectively allowed or dismissed.
There seemed to be a tendency within the community to say ‘we
caught you in one lie, we can no longer trust anything you say’. That also
seemed to expand to ‘we think you may be lieing, so we won’t trust anything you
say’. I have been really pleased to hear the theory that someone may, or did,
have an experience and then embellished it or outright added to it. We are
talking about humans, and they may want their five minutes of fame or try to
make a livelihood out of it.
Is it not right though to still try and discern the potential
truth out of the falsehoods and give those truths the attention they deserve?
They fall into that category that really got me thinking about UFO’s in the
first place, that if only a tiny percentage of all UFO reports are actually a
form of ‘other’ entity then it will be the most profoundly confronting event we
are likely to face. By dismissing cases out of hand then you may miss the
smoking gun we all want to find.
This is not a criticism of Gene or The Paracast, I love the show. Just an observation about the culture of UFOlogy.
cheers, Chris.
quite a while now, even going back through the archives to listen to all the
episodes before my discovery of this show. I have some questions re the way
people’s information is treated, their characters are treated and the way
information seems to be subjectively allowed or dismissed.
There seemed to be a tendency within the community to say ‘we
caught you in one lie, we can no longer trust anything you say’. That also
seemed to expand to ‘we think you may be lieing, so we won’t trust anything you
say’. I have been really pleased to hear the theory that someone may, or did,
have an experience and then embellished it or outright added to it. We are
talking about humans, and they may want their five minutes of fame or try to
make a livelihood out of it.
Is it not right though to still try and discern the potential
truth out of the falsehoods and give those truths the attention they deserve?
They fall into that category that really got me thinking about UFO’s in the
first place, that if only a tiny percentage of all UFO reports are actually a
form of ‘other’ entity then it will be the most profoundly confronting event we
are likely to face. By dismissing cases out of hand then you may miss the
smoking gun we all want to find.
This is not a criticism of Gene or The Paracast, I love the show. Just an observation about the culture of UFOlogy.
cheers, Chris.
