Zeke Newbold
Carbon based biped.
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`From the sublime to the ridiculous it only takes one step` -goes a famous saying.
This is no more true than in the world of Forteana. In this world it is not always easy to distinguish between a lateral thinking, open minded enquirer and someone who is unable to see the difference between facts and fantasies. There are many such borderline cases - and so how do we negotiate our way through this labyrinth?
Well,I suppose we all draw our own lines in the sand. Here then is my own nut-job litmus test. A person found espousing any of the following can safely be relocated to loony fringe trash can:
* Crystal healing
* Anyone who thinks there is a `face on Mars`#
* Anyone who says they are a reincarnation of Mary Queen of Scots, or who knows somebody who is a reincarnation of Mary Queen of Scots...or indeed any reference whatever to Mary Queen of sodding Scots!
* The taking seriously of any vampire or werewolf story - except in a mythological sense.
* Anyone claiming to be sitting on PROOF of something.
*References to the Holy Grail, (except as a piece of historical folklore).
*Denial of the Apollo moon landings.
* Claiming that there are hidden messages in recordings played in reverse.
* Talk of underground silos with hybrids in them in Area 51
* Er, that's about it - and note how it still leaves a lot of leg room for genuinely anomalous stuff!
What's yours then?
(#Although there have been some structures on Mars - notably the so-called `traffic light` - that I find difficult to account for, and which have given me pause for thought.)
This is no more true than in the world of Forteana. In this world it is not always easy to distinguish between a lateral thinking, open minded enquirer and someone who is unable to see the difference between facts and fantasies. There are many such borderline cases - and so how do we negotiate our way through this labyrinth?
Well,I suppose we all draw our own lines in the sand. Here then is my own nut-job litmus test. A person found espousing any of the following can safely be relocated to loony fringe trash can:
* Crystal healing
* Anyone who thinks there is a `face on Mars`#
* Anyone who says they are a reincarnation of Mary Queen of Scots, or who knows somebody who is a reincarnation of Mary Queen of Scots...or indeed any reference whatever to Mary Queen of sodding Scots!
* The taking seriously of any vampire or werewolf story - except in a mythological sense.
* Anyone claiming to be sitting on PROOF of something.
*References to the Holy Grail, (except as a piece of historical folklore).
*Denial of the Apollo moon landings.
* Claiming that there are hidden messages in recordings played in reverse.
* Talk of underground silos with hybrids in them in Area 51
* Er, that's about it - and note how it still leaves a lot of leg room for genuinely anomalous stuff!
What's yours then?
(#Although there have been some structures on Mars - notably the so-called `traffic light` - that I find difficult to account for, and which have given me pause for thought.)