Isn’t the unknown kind of awesome!? We can’t even keep track of all the known living things on our own planet, how could we say for certain there aren’t living things somewhere in space. And don’t forget the scientific method repeats itself indefinitely,
It’s interesting that Carl Sagan was adamantly against the existence of UFOs when he was more open-minded about the existence of God. He certainly didn’t believe in the Judeo-Christian version of God, but he also knew that completely negating the existence of some kind of higher universal power, or source, was … well, unscientific. An excerpt from a 1981 interview: “An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence. Because God can be relegated to remote times and places and to ultimate causes, we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists. To be certain of the existence of God and to be certain of the nonexistence of God seem to me to be the confident extremes in a subject so riddled with doubt and uncertainty as to inspire very little confidence indeed.”
While we’re on the subject of Sagan, I once again turn to the film “Contact,” based on a novel he wrote. As you know, the story doesn’t delve into the touchy subject of UFOs. It does, however, explore the possibility of extraterrestrial life in general. I suppose this means that, as with God, Sagan couldn’t altogether dismiss life on other worlds. It’s summed up in line, “If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.” Indeed, the universe is around 13 billion light years in size. In all that vastness, how can there NOT be other worlds with life on them? No, I have no evidence for or against it. I’m merely trying to think logically.
In regards to Bigfoot, I must admit that I simply don’t believe. Have I done any research to disprove its existence? No. It just seems so silly to me. Of course, by saying that, I’m only proving the point you’re making. So it seems I’m just as stubborn as Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
PS - If you want another word for Bigfoot, try Sasquatch.
"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" ...I've always had a hard time with this claim. The absence of evidence does not constitute PROOF of absence...but it's certainly evidence right?...if only small evidence?
What if I told you there was a family of radioactive superpowered hippopotamuses who have terraformed the dark side of Uranus and are currently living there. Assuming I provide no evidence of this, you'd be right to be skeptical. That's because everything we currently know about our reality aggressively contradicts that claim. I think that disbelieve in this case is still logically sound and in accordance with the scientific method.
Of course, we agree there is SOME evidence of bigfoot and of UFOs. A proper scientist shouldn't disregard these claims without a genuine and open-minded valuation of the facts. 👽🔍🛸🦛
Isn’t the unknown kind of awesome!? We can’t even keep track of all the known living things on our own planet, how could we say for certain there aren’t living things somewhere in space. And don’t forget the scientific method repeats itself indefinitely,
observation → question → research → hypothesis → experiment → … observation → question → research → hypothesis → experiment → … observation → question → research → hypothesis → experiment → …
The conclusion only happens when you run out of questions or time to keep experimenting !
It’s interesting that Carl Sagan was adamantly against the existence of UFOs when he was more open-minded about the existence of God. He certainly didn’t believe in the Judeo-Christian version of God, but he also knew that completely negating the existence of some kind of higher universal power, or source, was … well, unscientific. An excerpt from a 1981 interview: “An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence. Because God can be relegated to remote times and places and to ultimate causes, we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists. To be certain of the existence of God and to be certain of the nonexistence of God seem to me to be the confident extremes in a subject so riddled with doubt and uncertainty as to inspire very little confidence indeed.”
While we’re on the subject of Sagan, I once again turn to the film “Contact,” based on a novel he wrote. As you know, the story doesn’t delve into the touchy subject of UFOs. It does, however, explore the possibility of extraterrestrial life in general. I suppose this means that, as with God, Sagan couldn’t altogether dismiss life on other worlds. It’s summed up in line, “If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.” Indeed, the universe is around 13 billion light years in size. In all that vastness, how can there NOT be other worlds with life on them? No, I have no evidence for or against it. I’m merely trying to think logically.
In regards to Bigfoot, I must admit that I simply don’t believe. Have I done any research to disprove its existence? No. It just seems so silly to me. Of course, by saying that, I’m only proving the point you’re making. So it seems I’m just as stubborn as Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
PS - If you want another word for Bigfoot, try Sasquatch.
Fun article! Thanks for sharing!
"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" ...I've always had a hard time with this claim. The absence of evidence does not constitute PROOF of absence...but it's certainly evidence right?...if only small evidence?
What if I told you there was a family of radioactive superpowered hippopotamuses who have terraformed the dark side of Uranus and are currently living there. Assuming I provide no evidence of this, you'd be right to be skeptical. That's because everything we currently know about our reality aggressively contradicts that claim. I think that disbelieve in this case is still logically sound and in accordance with the scientific method.
Of course, we agree there is SOME evidence of bigfoot and of UFOs. A proper scientist shouldn't disregard these claims without a genuine and open-minded valuation of the facts. 👽🔍🛸🦛