tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post6204349821241733317..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: The Gell-Mann Amnesia EffectSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-46261487313935544082012-02-27T11:01:40.180-08:002012-02-27T11:01:40.180-08:00....and Reid, in the spirit of this subject, let m.......and Reid, in the spirit of this subject, let me clarify some FACTS(ahem) for you--yes, the Egyptians most certainly DID have contact with the aliens, at least for awhile. Then, because for some silly humane reasons, the Egyptians stopped sacrificing animals and people to them, the Aliens leveled sanctions on the Egyptians, and then finally severed their ties with them completely for noncompliance. The confusion arises therefore as to WHEN exactly a study is focusing on Alien contacts. As we all know, the Mayans and Aztecs continued their association and compliance with Alien dictates until those dang Conquistadores disrupted things. Hope this clarifies stuff for you.....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-21082213492739988342012-02-27T10:53:14.035-08:002012-02-27T10:53:14.035-08:00Yeah, when watching/reading anything anymore, I...Yeah, when watching/reading anything anymore, I'll think, "my, that's interesting; I wonder if it's true?", prompting me to check up on said subjects from other, various sources. And whatever it is tends to be exagerrated or not exactly relating the whole story, or based on flimsy evidence. There tends to be an almost religious acceptance of things as reported by "scientists" and their results from impressive sounding laboratory experiments--but scientists are humans, too, with the same foibles, egos, and tendency to LIE to get ahead--like the recent fiasco shown on "60 Minutes" regarding the breakthrough research in cancer treatment--all bogus, alas. So I tend to have a "wait-and-see" attitude to about everything anymore!!!....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-49358451582820164492012-02-24T11:00:13.752-08:002012-02-24T11:00:13.752-08:00some aliens-visited-Egypt programming
============...some aliens-visited-Egypt programming<br />=====================<br /><br />You mean to tell me they didn't???Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-32996752962153888052012-02-24T06:20:12.967-08:002012-02-24T06:20:12.967-08:00I have an opposite phenomenon, which may be though...I have an opposite phenomenon, which may be thought of as the "History" Channel Credibility Sink.<br /><br />I'll be watching some program on an allegedly educational cable channel, and be thinking "Awesome, I did not know that! See, television is NOT a vast wasteland, I'm learning something here."<br /><br />Very next program, or sometimes the next segment of the same program, will cover some topic about which I DO have some expertise, and it will be a great steaming pile of confabulated crap. My mood shifts to "Sonafa ... now I can't believe ANYTHING I thought I learned here."<br /><br />Related, I think, is the inexorable creep of purpose of any network that is initially presented as educational or for a specific purpose. Science fiction channel airs a cold-reading "psychic" swindler; History channel takes a break from its all-Hitler, all-the-time lineup for some aliens-visited-Egypt programming; BBC America airs any crappy recent movie that featured even one British actor; Animal Planet (don't even get me started ...) chases Sasquatch.<br /><br />Which is why most of my minimal television viewing these days consists of Comedy Central, Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network, and Turner Classic Movies.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-10511411696522734452012-02-21T12:18:23.831-08:002012-02-21T12:18:23.831-08:00Yes, with us old timers, this effect is from newsp...Yes, with us old timers, this effect is from newspapers. Remember the old sarcastic comment that used to be common when someone was parroting some obviously inaccurate/false/biased piece of propaganda?--"Oh, well, that MUST be true because you read it in a NEWSPAPER"--with scathing sarcasm focused on that last word "NEWSPAPER". Well kids, I hate to disillusion you, but the same applies to these here modern contraptions known as COMPUTERS! "It MUST be true because, well, I found it on the internet!". Reminds me of a favorite quote from one of the Farley Mowat books, "The Siberians" about his trip through the former USSR. Farley asked one of his driver/guides what he thought of all the ridiculous PROPAGANDA all over Russia, and the guide quipped(paraphrased here)-- "The difference between propaganda in Russia, and propaganda in America, is, YOU BELIEVE YOURS!"....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com