New Book: AMERICAN COSMIC - UFOS, RELIGION, TECHNOLOGY
Quote:A fascinating study of the subject of UFOs and extraterrestrials by one the country’s innovative scholars. The author travels from the desert of New Mexico to Silicon Valley and interviews brilliant scientists who believe their innovative technologies are inspired by alien artifacts.
Could technology be that weird? The answer is, yes.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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I hope you don't mind me having edited your post to fix the video embedding, Sci.
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(2018-03-28, 08:22 PM)Laird Wrote: I hope you don't mind me having edited your post to fix the video embedding, Sci.
Thanks!
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Further reading suggested by the author:
Hacking UFO Tech, SETI, and the Boundaries of “Respectable” Science
Quote:Until now, if you asked any serious scientist about UFOs publicly, they usually gave a CYA answer. It reminds me of the old saying in the business world, “no one ever got fired for going with IBM.” No academic or researcher ever got fired for saying that “there is no evidence that UFOs exist, therefore we shouldn’t study them”. On the other hand, if they said that the matter should be taken seriously and given funding, they would subject themselves to all kinds of ridicule and possibly lose their job.
This brings to mind an exchange in the movie Contact (based on the book written by very respectable astronomer Carl Sagan), between Ellie Arroway (played by Jodie Foster) and her mentor, the very respectable scientist David Drumlin (played by Tom Skerritt). He basically told her: “You’re a promising scientist. Don’t throw away your career … looking for little green men.”
With this bombshell report and the DoD’s admission that it takes UFO seriously, is that attitude about to change?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
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