Aine Wrote:
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> It's not just dishonest, it's intellectual
> laziness and closed mindedness coupled with a lack
> awareness that there are some things science
> simply isn't equipped to deal with. Now, as you
> say, debunking does have a place in subjects that
> no one with two brain cells would take seriously
> (like flat earth). But by and large, debunkers
> engage in anything but logic. In their haste to be
> "scientific", they just make themselves look
> foolish.
>
> As I said, they don't debunk evidence. They debunk
> phenomenological reports and attack the
> witnesses.

> It can't be a UFO, therefore it isn't. Textbook
> wishful thinking. It doesn't matter to them that
> their "explanation" is equally devoid of evidence
> or consistency and in many cases it's downright
> absurd. Their proposed explanations, like
> Merrell's sundogs, usually are inconsistent with
> the facts on the ground. Anything will do, no
> matter how ridiculous. The astounding thing to me
> is that people gobble up the debunking without
> thought just as much as those who gobble up crazy
> stuff like flat earth.
>
> So many fallacies, so little time.

> Yes. They're not big on facts and evidence if it
> conflicts with their cozy world view.


Well said. Whenever I did not have my homework I tried to blame it on swamp gas or the planet Venus, but it never worked out well for me. Maybe I'll give it another shot with my wife the next time I forget to take out the trash.