01-30-2014, 01:16 AM
Quote:I wouldn't call him slimey..just confused like we all get at times. Anyone who delves into the topic of UFO's will have to wade through all the nonsense. The conspiracy stuff is appealing because the mind must make sense of reality in that context, that there must be a storyline, in the same way that the mind always approaches catalyst as something other than self. Answers to all the various questions need to be explored..feel things out, try this or that on. Most get stuck, some move on. So he's simply a mirror.
He provides a great lesson though..wanting to be a teacher is a very tricky thing that bears great responsibility. We think we know the truth, which we anxiously freely share, yet there is the possibility we're completely misinformed and could be causing great confusion. But again, it's shared catalyst that people might need so I'm not sure it's a fault, just experience.
Gotta break down those grand narratives if you want to view other ones and reach a more shared understanding. Yeah he presents a lesson but he also was in a position of influence which he abused by presenting misleading, incomplete, inconsistent information at times from "secret sources" to hundreds of thousands of people all the while attempting to increase and perpetuate his fame and influence. I'm not saying he is a force for good or evil, I'm saying he is a jerk.
We can say "oh well it's catalyst for us to work with" but that's a rather utilitarian approach ignoring the harm this dude has caused in the process of producing that catalyst. He's not simply a "mirror" (maybe for the individual but his influence is beyond that obviously) he's a human being in this world that many, many people look to as an authority figure on interpreting the world around them, for him to have moulded this position for himself and recognise it and still act the way he did as earned my derision lol