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- COLUMBUS, Ohio (U-Wire) -
The scientific community has always been quick to dismiss any kind of alternative
viewpoint that threatens to throw the 'accepted' knowledge of the world
into question. Sometimes this scurry to explain the unexplainable leads
to leaps in logic that can only be described as laughable. This is the
case with the latest report on new developments in the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence.
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- While browsing the magazine section at a local convenience
store I happened to stumble upon a headline that deeply disturbed me. Right
on the cover of the July issue of Scientific American appeared the declaration:
"Alien Civilizations: if they exist why aren't they here?" I
was intrigued. I just had to investigate the logic that would lead someone
to make such an uninformed statement and get it published in a supposedly
scientific publication.
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- What I found was one of the most deliberately one-sided
pieces of journalism I have encountered in my short existence.
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- In the article entitled, "Where Are They? Maybe
we are alone in the galaxy after all," Ian Crawford, University of
London astronomy professor, briefly illustrates popular scientific research
and viewpoints regarding this controversial issue.
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- Throughout the piece he reviews data based on the Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program's new findings and astronomical
data regarding the existence of planets outside of our solar system. In
his opinion, he maintains, that based on these new findings the human race
must face the possibility that we are the most advanced civilization in
the galaxy.
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- He bases much of his argument on the famous scientific
'paradox' voiced in 1950 by Enrico Fermi. Fermi's paradox basically states
that if alien civilizations existed in the universe, their presence would
be obvious. Crawford argues that since these new scientific findings don't
point to any obvious presence of an alien civilization, they simply might
not exist. He further goes on to suggest that we should continue expansion
of the SETI program to find some obvious evidence.
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- OK, this is ridiculous. No obvious evidence, who are
they kidding? I'm no expert on the topic, but I do know that UFO sightings
and reported alien abductions have been permeating our culture for nearly
50 years.
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- The questions raised by these phenomenons are numerous
and the answers don't exist. The number of people, pilots in particular,
who have reported UFO sightings is enormous. In addition, nearly 1.5 million
people in this country from all walks of life have reported supposed abductions,
the psychological influence of which is easily measured. This is not to
mention the fact that the military possesses literally thousands of pages
of information regarding the existence of aliens, which they refuse to
declassify to the general populace.
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- It would be one thing to write an article of this nature
and systematically discount these claims or argue against them with some
type of reasoning. To simply ignore them and pretend that they don't exist
is completely irresponsible and insulting to the general populace.
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- Those who are putting their faith in the scientific community
to save the world should take note: these people can't be trusted.
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