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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

BootinUp

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14. a skeptic doesn't need to determine if someone lied

Reply to edhopper (Reply #13)

Wed May 26, 2021, 08:59 PM

May 2021

just whether or not there is evidence and what that evidence can or cannot show. I used to make attempts at reasoning through that process with others. These days I just want to see the evidence, not so interested in narratives, feelings, memories, etc, when it comes to this subject.

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Mick West analyzes Navy UFO videos [View all] BootinUp May 2021 OP

I can't believe what the pilots are reporting seeing daily... BigmanPigman May 2021 #1

I've watched 3 of his analysis videos BootinUp May 2021 #2

Any official explanation would be dismissed as a cover-up dalton99a May 2021 #10

Interesting. Of course, he picked the easy, out of focus ones... TreasonousBastard May 2021 #3

blame me maybe, i picked these BootinUp May 2021 #4

It's so easy to right away yell "Aliens!" Archae May 2021 #5

agreed. BootinUp May 2021 #6

+1000 nt USALiberal May 2021 #8

Virtually any possible explanation you can think of... -misanthroptimist May 2021 #7

So true, burden of proof belongs to the alien believers! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #9

Thank you for the link. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #11

I remember some years back edhopper May 2021 #12

So what I am seeing by those edhopper May 2021 #13

a skeptic doesn't need to determine if someone lied BootinUp May 2021 #14