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Paul Kimball
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From my blog (original at: The Other Side of Truth: Seth Shostak, Bad Science, and UFOs):
If you want to hear some bad science, tune into the December 20th, 2006 episode of "Are We Alone", SETI's weekly radio program, with Seth Shostak, which is about UFOs - you can find a link to the program in the original post, or go to SETI's site at: http://www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=178892.
If there are really aliens out there listening in, I hope they don't hear this. They'll think we're still stuck in pre-Enlightenment days.
Shostak et al manage the unholy trifecta of bad science - they distort facts, they ignore other facts, and they make mistakes about the facts. For example, at one point Shostak manages to conflate the MJ-12 documents with the legitimate CIA and NSA documents that Stan Friedman and others got through Freedom of Information Act requests. In the process, Shostak shows that he knows nothing about the subject he's chosen to bash.
Note also that Shostak et al tie the UFO phenomenon directly to the ETH, never once mentioning any other possibilities. The open mind that Dr. Michio Kaku urged people to keep with respect to the UFO phenomenon at the end of Seeing is Believing is nowhere to be found on Shostak's show.
In the meantime, SETI continues to search the skies for the ET equivalent of "I Love Lucy" or "The Honeymooners", while pumping out, in the form of radio shows like this, the scientific equivalent of bad pro wrestling - phony, derivative (nary a new thought pops up in this episode), and just plain boring.
I've finally figured it out - Seth Shostak is the Vince McMahon of ufology.
Which means it's time for... a head-to-head showdown with...
The Easter Bunny!
Who Has More Scientific Credibility on UFOs
The Easter Bunny
Dr. Seth Shostak
The Poll is visible on the sidebar of my blog, www.redstarfilms.blogspot.com, or in the original post.
Yet again, I find myself compelled to cast my vote for The Easter Bunny!
Paul
If you want to hear some bad science, tune into the December 20th, 2006 episode of "Are We Alone", SETI's weekly radio program, with Seth Shostak, which is about UFOs - you can find a link to the program in the original post, or go to SETI's site at: http://www.seti.org/site/pp.asp?c=ktJ2J9MMIsE&b=178892.
If there are really aliens out there listening in, I hope they don't hear this. They'll think we're still stuck in pre-Enlightenment days.
Shostak et al manage the unholy trifecta of bad science - they distort facts, they ignore other facts, and they make mistakes about the facts. For example, at one point Shostak manages to conflate the MJ-12 documents with the legitimate CIA and NSA documents that Stan Friedman and others got through Freedom of Information Act requests. In the process, Shostak shows that he knows nothing about the subject he's chosen to bash.
Note also that Shostak et al tie the UFO phenomenon directly to the ETH, never once mentioning any other possibilities. The open mind that Dr. Michio Kaku urged people to keep with respect to the UFO phenomenon at the end of Seeing is Believing is nowhere to be found on Shostak's show.
In the meantime, SETI continues to search the skies for the ET equivalent of "I Love Lucy" or "The Honeymooners", while pumping out, in the form of radio shows like this, the scientific equivalent of bad pro wrestling - phony, derivative (nary a new thought pops up in this episode), and just plain boring.
I've finally figured it out - Seth Shostak is the Vince McMahon of ufology.
Which means it's time for... a head-to-head showdown with...
The Easter Bunny!
Who Has More Scientific Credibility on UFOs
The Easter Bunny
Dr. Seth Shostak
The Poll is visible on the sidebar of my blog, www.redstarfilms.blogspot.com, or in the original post.
Yet again, I find myself compelled to cast my vote for The Easter Bunny!
Paul
