The Washington Post Reacts To Ufo Believers
The Washington Post published an article not on the UFO phenomenon titled The fear that drives our alien belief (by Caitlin Dewey), but instead on the deluded people who believe in something so obviously silly. Well, that's my interpretation of her article. I am posting this because it comes on the heels of such an even-keeled article about John Mack (linked below), here's a quote:

Vanity Fair this month published a lengthy profile of Harvard psychiatrist John Edward Mack-a man who believed, implausibly, in alien abduction.Then the author goes on to pose a question, and then answers it in a way that shows that she hadn't done any meaningful research:

What is it about UFOs that drive so many people to believe they exist despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary?The idea that there is any evidence to the contrary, let alone "overwhelming" evidence to the contrary, is a an assumption. Even a cursory glance at the literature reveals a superabundance of reports.

Anyway, this stuff really bothers me.

"ADDENDUM:Here's a fitting follow-up.

Noam Chomsky once spoke about a New York Times reporter (I'm paraphrasing), the reporter had stated: "Nobody tells me what to write." And Chomsky pointed out: "That's true, but you don't get to be a reporter at the New York Times unless you've proven yourself to be thoroughly obedient to the system."

I am reminded of the submissive dog that is so desperate to please it's master that it rolls onto it's back and pees all over itself.

Read the Washington Post article side-by-side with this post from Christopher Knowles on the Secret Sun.

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