eburacum
Papo-furado
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I see three possibilities, in a descending order of likelihood.
1/ There are no aliens, and all of the honest sightings are caused by mistakes (the psychosocial hypothesis).
2/ There are aliens, but they are too weird for us to interact with. In this case they will never make contact. and every single witness alive today will die without ever knowing the truth. We are probably better off not making contact with these weirdos.
3/ There aliens, and for some reason they have waited an entire lifetime (possibly much more) before making contact, thus condemning an entire generation of witnesses to uncertainty and ridicule. But they will make contact soon.
I think the last option is the least likely, and also the most inconsiderate. Very large numbers of people have been driven to obession, distraction and sometimes insanity and suicide by the failure to make contact. Basically, the aliens can fuck right off, if that is their strategy.
1/ There are no aliens, and all of the honest sightings are caused by mistakes (the psychosocial hypothesis).
2/ There are aliens, but they are too weird for us to interact with. In this case they will never make contact. and every single witness alive today will die without ever knowing the truth. We are probably better off not making contact with these weirdos.
3/ There aliens, and for some reason they have waited an entire lifetime (possibly much more) before making contact, thus condemning an entire generation of witnesses to uncertainty and ridicule. But they will make contact soon.
I think the last option is the least likely, and also the most inconsiderate. Very large numbers of people have been driven to obession, distraction and sometimes insanity and suicide by the failure to make contact. Basically, the aliens can fuck right off, if that is their strategy.