12-18-2010, 08:50 PM
(12-18-2010, 08:09 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote:Indeed, there also is no "polarization" whatsoever in believing for the sake of it, yet we have people that will "want to believe" or want things to be a certain way, just for the sake of it. Such undetermined attitudes are ripe for exploitation, and stifle progress of the individual and of society, yet we all have them.Zenmaster Wrote:But the purpose is not to debunk, but to learn and increase discernment when faced with the unknown. I would submit that that underlying intention (i.e. open-mindedness) will tend to point toward the truth (not at the expense of it).Amen... In the end truth must be our goal. Believing just for the sake of it can't be the intended goal..
(12-18-2010, 08:09 PM)Ali Quadir Wrote: And a good thing is that if we personally debunked hundreds of stories videos and what not... Then if we find one that we cannot debunk we know it's potentially a good one. Only potentially of courseI think if we examine what we feel we want to happen as the result of proof (from a "good one") we will discover a lot about our prejudices. Because of the subject matter (UFOs and aliens are the transcendent-function archetype), this exercise would say a lot about how we actually feel about ourselves.