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Jody — 6/27/2007 1:49:41 PM (archived)

I've always wanted to interrogate a pseudoskeptic, and you are one of the many on this board. So I am dying to ask a couple of questions that have been driving me crazy.

1> Why do you do it? What is the benefit you derive? Is it just a joke and you derive pleasure when people capitulate to your closed mind?
Or is it an expression of anger? Where you feel superiority and condescension for those who are arrogant also and will be your henchmen?
Is it a feeling of power? Where you seek disciples who look to you for possibilities?
2> Do you ever think of the results of your actions? Do you ever feel about how you effect the world when you slam the door shut to a large number of people who feel this could be a POSSIBILITY? Any feelings of responsibility at all?

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Exploring Extraterrestial Objects in Situ - Isaac - 6/26/2007 10:14:01 PM
- Hey SheepLookUp! - Jody - 6/29/2007 10:09:14 PM
- I'm impressed at the work that went into this. - TB - 6/27/2007 11:24:26 PM
  - re: Flying insectsâ€¦.. - Johannes - 6/28/2007 2:07:37 AM
    - Humbug! - Hank - 6/29/2007 12:00:25 AM
      - re: Blue Tail Fly - Johannes - 6/29/2007 4:14:57 AM
        
        I've seen ones that look like a bee - Lindy - 6/29/2007 1:20:19 PM
        
        re: Somebody should catch one and see if nanotechnology is involved. ;-) (n/t) - Johannes - 6/29/2007 10:30:44 PM
      - It was a miniature alien spaceship? (n/t) - Eri - 6/29/2007 2:13:38 AM
    - The CIA has pics on file of you on the pot - Eri - 6/28/2007 2:51:02 AM
      - I don't actually believe in such "probes" - TB - 6/28/2007 4:27:15 AM
        
        re: I don't actually believe in such "probes" - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2007 8:21:00 PM
        
        Someone should talk to these critters - Eri - 6/28/2007 11:10:16 PM
        
        re: Who invented the flush toilet? - Johannes - 6/29/2007 10:45:22 PM
- "They most often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom" (n/t) - Confucious - 6/27/2007 3:01:23 PM
- Moved from Space Sciences (n/t) - moderite podrock - 6/27/2007 2:31:19 AM
- This story seems to grow in the telling. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 12:18:02 AM
  - Indeed...as is the disallowance... (n/t) - Jody - 6/27/2007 3:17:57 PM
    - I don't see any disallowance. Everyone is having their say. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2007 9:10:14 PM
- Actually, this is a phenomenon worth studying. - Hank - 6/26/2007 11:51:19 PM
  - You are right..they did it for fun AND the money!!! - Jody - 6/27/2007 2:35:57 PM
  - "Their technology is different" - Isaac - 6/26/2007 11:58:51 PM
    - Technology is a Gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's Gifts It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and sciences"... (n/t) - Freeman Dyson - 6/27/2007 3:13:15 PM
    - That's exactly the way I would expect alien machines to work: - Hank - 6/27/2007 12:55:52 AM
      - I think you may need an ad-visor... - Fox - 6/28/2007 1:46:15 AM
        
        I would prefer to add vice. (n/t) - Hank - 6/28/2007 12:57:01 PM
        
        He He..taking my Q from Fox... - Jody:) - 6/28/2007 4:25:56 AM
        
        Ackkkkk! (n/t) - Eri - 6/28/2007 2:52:29 AM
      - That wins the Geordi LaForge Award for today... (n/t) - TB - 6/27/2007 10:37:04 PM
        
        I'm not trying to blind-side anyone... - Hank - 6/27/2007 11:59:39 PM
        
        Argh... (n/t) - TB - 6/28/2007 12:01:21 AM
      - re: That's exactly the way I would expect alien machines to work: - Isaac - 6/27/2007 2:15:16 AM
        
        SheepLookUp should understand this - Hank - 6/27/2007 3:48:40 AM
        
        Oaths - Isaac - 6/27/2007 4:05:43 AM
        
        "Extra-terrestial technology is not just a US phenomena." - Hank - 6/27/2007 4:20:13 AM
        
        " I was hoping you'd follow my lead and have a little fun with this. " - Isaac - 6/27/2007 4:30:25 AM
        
        "I am old.... - Jody - 6/27/2007 4:47:53 AM
        
        "I will wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled" - T.S., Eliot... - 6/28/2007 1:47:27 AM
        
        "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach? - Jody:) - 6/29/2007 10:31:11 PM
        
        That is my contribution to Hank's inpromptu Sci-Fi storytelling...Next? (n/t) - Jody - 6/27/2007 12:45:56 PM
        
        Now that's more like it! (n/t) - Hank - 6/27/2007 4:34:10 AM
        
        The "hundreth monkey effect". - ARRELL - 6/27/2007 4:11:48 AM
      - Typo correction - Hank - 6/27/2007 12:58:36 AM
- The biggest question is..... - ARRELL - 6/26/2007 10:37:43 PM
  - This is Off Topic.... - Jody - 6/27/2007 2:41:53 PM
    - Jody, this tread was originally on 'SPACE' (n/t) - See above - 6/27/2007 3:30:01 PM
  - re: The biggest question is..... - phil - 6/26/2007 11:05:28 PM
    - "Bets on future planetary detections" - Isaac - 6/26/2007 11:51:16 PM
      - re: "Bets on future planetary detections" - phil - 6/27/2007 1:53:12 AM
        
        "Please, do not mistake any of my posts for intelligence " - Isaac - 6/27/2007 2:17:50 AM
    - You are the ones ignoring the facts - Isaac - 6/26/2007 11:39:35 PM
      - Out of idle curiosity, in your opinion... - alcaray - 6/27/2007 12:20:54 AM
        
        re: Out of idle curiosity, in your opinion... - Isaac - 6/27/2007 2:26:32 AM
        
        SDAI!! - McFly - 6/27/2007 9:15:28 PM
        
        Raises hand -- I know! I know! - Eri - 6/27/2007 10:31:08 PM
        
        I see. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 3:40:37 AM
        
        re: I see. - Isaac - 6/27/2007 3:50:24 AM
        
        to answer your questions - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:22:05 AM
        
        Counterpoint - Jody - 6/27/2007 1:49:41 PM
        
        Well, I would hope that I'm not a knee-jerk skeptic. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 9:01:22 PM
        
        re: "I am told that I spend a lot more time on this than is good for me." - Fox - 6/28/2007 1:52:42 AM
        
        ThankYou Alcaray..that was nicely said!! - Jody - 6/27/2007 9:37:54 PM
        
        Shame on you! - Hank - 6/27/2007 3:28:53 PM
        
        re: Shame on you...back at 'ya! - Jody - 6/27/2007 3:49:19 PM
        
        How do you spell "raspberry"? - Hank - 6/27/2007 5:49:10 PM
        
        Einsteins' theory of relativity has been described as possible - Jody - 6/27/2007 7:15:11 PM
        
        Why do I bother? - Hank - 6/27/2007 9:02:47 PM
        
        "there are already enough inconsistencies in his story..." - Lindy - 6/28/2007 3:04:52 AM
        
        That's not how it works. - Hank - 6/28/2007 4:59:02 AM
        
        re: "Let's say I went out one night and saw a UFO (you can substitute here Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, a ghost, or Jesus)" - _THE_ Yeti - 6/29/2007 6:59:49 PM
        
        Okay, that was very reasonable - Lindy - 6/28/2007 5:54:32 AM
        
        R-A-S-P-B-E-R-R-Y - Jody - 6/27/2007 6:14:52 PM
        
        "Pseudoskepticism" - Lindy - 6/28/2007 3:19:06 AM
        
        yikes! corrected html - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:24:00 AM
        
        re: yikes! corrected html - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:27:06 AM
        
        re: yikes! corrected html - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:31:25 AM
        
        "I had no expectations" - Lindy - 6/27/2007 9:01:39 PM
        
        hah! (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2007 6:31:53 AM
        
        The hot needle of inquiry - Insider Hank - 6/27/2007 10:54:54 AM
        
        "Do you think these guys working in top secret programs carry around a card identifying themselves as to who they are?" - ARRELL - 6/27/2007 3:59:42 AM
        
        In fact, at national labs you are expected to wear your card so its visible at all times - ARRELL - 6/27/2007 4:45:55 AM
        
        You were involved in those? Oh, do tell! (n/t) - Eri - 6/27/2007 8:03:23 PM
        
        Not me - Hank - 6/27/2007 1:36:34 PM
        
        That must have hurt like hell! (n/t) - Eri - 6/27/2007 8:02:27 PM
        
        Last Comic Standing.... - Jody - 6/27/2007 2:37:29 PM
        
        That's on the boob-tube tonight! (n/t) - Eri - 6/27/2007 8:04:54 PM

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