>    Greetings.
 >    I didn't intend to make it sound debunking or confrontational.
 > I was just trying to point out that increased public awareness is
 > not necessarily a good thing for UFOlogists.
 >    If the number of alien abduction reports increase following a
 > movie, some people are going to say: Aha, they got the idea(/
 > hallucination stimulus) from the movie!
Some people just like a little unreality with their fiction.
 >    Perhaps this won't be true in all cases, but it may be
 > demonstrably true in some cases, which will increase the distrust
 > between the skeptics and the ET hypothesists. And the truth,
 > whatever it is, will be unlikely to benefit.
Only if it matters to the ones you think are trying to convince you.
Too many people thinking alike makes for a boring life.
 >    BTW, when that article appeared in the newspaper here, it was
 > in the Entertainment section...  :)
That's akin to an "editorial disclaimer." ;)
Jack
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