I agree. You are discounting the contributions of many great discoveries leading up to the inventions that YOU say could not have happened without aliens. Is it just cellphones and TVs or all devices that use radio transmissions and semiconductors? When exactly did we get the knowledge? Roswell? If so, then that discounts any discovery that predates that time, right? So how do TVs fit in again?
NOOOOO>. So you go talk to the guys that invented cellphone microchips and storage chips, and the small light pixels that make up the image on the screen, and the guy who put it all together and made a cellphone and tell them what you just said and see what they say. ALIEN TECHNOLOGY (technology that we cannot create on this planet ourselves) is, well, nowhere to be found on this planet. I can go halfway with you and say that thousands of years in the past civilizations were probably visited by aliens and were given thechnology to help them advance. But today? No. Maybe in some Special Access Programs in the government that we will never find out about, but until then the general population does not have any direct contact with alien technology.
Umm.. source please?
You would be correct. They are both bunk.
Conveniently skipped over the entire rest of my post where I brought up Tysons point about traversing the void of interstellar space only to crash land on Earth...
That's good stuff man, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson becomes a comedian. Funny stuff at that. The only problem I have with that is, most scientists and astrophysicists will deny anything that they can't see, touch, smell or taste. Another problem I have with your post is that if we were being visited by aliens, its that you can't base you assumptions on a cpl of well documented UFO crashes. Think about it, let's just say we've been visited a thousand times by extraterrestrials, now out of a thousand times you would have to consider that one or two might have had some sort of a mechanical failure at one time or another. Remember, they travel vast distances to get here and more likely than not, your gonna have some ware and tare on the vehicle that got you here. Just like right here on earth, people fly everyday and from time to time they have a mechanical failure leading to fatal crashes. Who says aliens are any different? Just because they are more advanced than us doesn't mean they can't have a bad day.
You say you can't explain it and in the next breath, claim it was aliens without evidence to support that view, and therefore, other UFO sightings must be aliens too. You go from no evidence of extraterrestrials to saying there's too much evidence and that the evidence 'proves' what you claim. Do you see the problem skeptics will have with this kind of thought process. I'm not dismissing your experience, but no where in that story you related was any evidence, let alone proof that what you saw were aliens. Now you are shifting the burden of proof back on the skeptic by saying we must prove you wrong. Sorry, but the burden of proof still lies with you and people like you that claim we have been visited.
I have not watched the videos you've posted, but I've seen the series on the History channel before. You have to understand, it is their job to get people to believe this stuff. This is a huge issue right now within the scientific community and everybody is realizing stuff like what the History channel is doing is extremely damaging to real, credible science. It's one of the main reasons the general American public is so scientifically illiterate. People hear ridiculous claims like Bigfoot or Aliens from outer space mixed with "expert opinions" and "scientific data" and automatically think it's real science.
You can't explain it - so it must be aliens. (do you see the issue?)
Yeah you kinda took that out of context. I said I had an experience I couldn't explain. I didn't say that is was aliens or a spacecraft. It was just an experience that I nor my friend couldn't explain. I just thought it was a cool experience I had and I wanted to share it.
I"m growing very tired of all this mumbo jumbo you keep bringing to the table. Trolls and unicorns and MT Everest, I see where that is leading but come on dude. At least I bring some tangible evidence to the table and you bring nothing except your ideals and beliefs. You say it's not your job to prove a negative? I agree but at the least you could bring something to the table that is remotely plausible to back up your claims. Your just like everybody else that can't think for themselves. You rely on the scientific community, that I guess does your thinking for you.
Do you have any evidence that can be tested to see that it's not.
The only thing that is being damaged is there ego's. They realize that they've been wrong for a long time. Scientists don't like to admit when there wrong it makes them look stupid. So they will just stick to their guns until there is irrefutable evidence proving otherwise.
Yeah, well at least we have one thing in common.
Dude, I've asked you what tangible evidence you have and you still have yet to present anything tangible as evidence. All you've given us is anecdotal evidence, which doesn't equal tangible by any stretch of the word.
OK, something remotely plausible... How about math?
Dropastone, I have no problem admitting when someone else is a lot smarter than I am. Scientists study this stuff for a living. They put their life's work into it, it means a lot to them. I bullshit on RIU and youtube in my spare time, it's pretty safe to say they know a little more than I do about these issues. If you don't think so, you're only kidding yourself.
I've only facepalmed twice while reading a response from someone on the internet, congratulations, you're number 3!
That's just a stupid thing to say or believe...