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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Tobin S.

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1. It's very seductive to think that extra-terrestrials are real and they are visting us.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2015, 10:24 PM

Feb 2015

I think people's belief in that they are is tied directly to their desire for them to be real and is not a product of any real evidence (because there isn't any).

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Isn't it odd? [View all] Archae Feb 2015 OP

It's very seductive to think that extra-terrestrials are real and they are visting us. Tobin S. Feb 2015 #1

Oh, of course. Star Trek and Star Wars are huge entertainment empires. Archae Feb 2015 #2

Think it's all part of the "I want to be special" desire... uriel1972 Feb 2015 #3

XKCD did a comic about that a while ago: trotsky Feb 2015 #4