Posted: May 11, 2012 12:54 am
horacerumpole wrote:Landrew wrote:sandinista wrote:MacIver wrote:
If you think I'm trolling then report me. What I think I'm doing is caricaturing the opinions of some in this thread who have the opinion that all opinions are equal.
because, unfortunately, that is the maximum extent of "discussion" that some members can muster, caricaturing, along with sarcasm. No surprise, of course, this is an internet forum and that is what generally happens. It's an ego game, that's all. Of course not all opinions are equal in the real world. On the internet, forums especially, all opinions do tend to be equal. No one has any credentials, most people use fake names, "evidence" is generally a link to some web page or the ramblings of a keyboard warrior. Besides all of that, people tend to stick with their original position regardless of the discussion. It is very rare to see anyone arguing a different side to agree or even give credit to someone for a decent point. The funny thing, and the entertainment value of forums is seeing people actually take them seriously to the point where it seems like they believe they have "proven" something or "won" an argument. I mean, how many pages has this went on for? For people who claim to not believe in aliens they sure seem to spend a lot of time discussing the topic.
If the focus were on the topic, not on the people posting, it would be a far more interesting debate. I suppose the degree to which this happens is largely up to the discretion of the mods.
I agree -- so, let's focus on the "Evidence ancient aliens really existed."
What do you think that evidence is? What's the best evidence?
You don't need evidence to speculate. Evidence wasn't required to invade Iraq.