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Originally Posted by jammies
Why is that? Could it possibly be because the "open minds" aren't quite as open as they claim to be and have already come to a conclusion unsupported by any evidence except their personal biases, and are uninterested in competing theories that dilute the surety of their convictions?
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I said it already but this is one of the more fascinating parts to me. There seems to be a blurry line that “open minds” are unwilling to cross. What we’re talking about is unexplained events/objects that are not easily explained by common or (public) military knowledge. You would think that any hypothesis would be equally scrutinized by sceptics and, likewise, any hypothesis would be equally celebrated by those with “open minds.” While the former seems true, I’ve noticed that the latter is not. Hypotheses outside “alien life” rarely garner any real or sustained attention, while even hypotheses that DO accept “alien life” as a possibility but push the boundaries of the sci if/fantasy/human-centric version of alien life commonly found in fiction suddenly trigger “open minds” into scrutiny mode, or outright mocking.
Guys like Ozy are fun because they’re game for any conclusion. Guys like Jiggy annd Dion are fun because they enjoy all sides of it. Guys like Muta, Trent, and Lanny are mostly just annoying because they spend most of their time whining about people not acting how they want or mocking anyone that questions them and then whining when they get the same thing in return.
It’s a convo about unexplained objects. How can anyone feel personally offended when someone tries to poke holes in outlandish theories over what they could be unless they have some personal investment in them being what they believe they are? That’s not having an open mind lol.