Posted: May 11, 2012 5:41 pm
sandinista wrote:horacerumpole wrote: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?
shit man, read the last 60 some pages. WTF? Better yet, if you're so interested read some books on the topic and make up your own mind. As far as I can tell there is no "evidence or proof" otherwise it would be more than a theory. it's an interesting theory as of right now and that's about it. I, personally, have yet to be convinced, but I can see where the theory is coming from.
I have read the 60 some pages, and the folks who are supporting ancient alien theory are not presenting any evidence. A lot of discussion about closed minds, and the Drake Equation isn't evidence. The perceived likelihood of life in the universe isn't evidence, and the Drake Equation is just a list of assumptions.
I posted a bunch of stuff that found in my readings. And, the only ones who really talked about that information were not the ones that support the ancient astronaut theory. I tried to get the ball rolling on discussions, and instead of discussing why supporters of the theory think it's good evidence, they just bang on about how closed minded they think everyone is.
WTF is this "more than theory" and your sentence implying that theories don't have evidence or proof? You sound like a creationist. Theories ARE supported by evidence. That's what make them theories. There is nothing "more than" a theory. If there is "no evidence or proof" than at best it's a hypothesis.
I'm of the same position as you, that there is no evidence or proof. So, that means I don't believe it. It's an interesting hypothesis. I'd like to think that there is other life in the universe, and it certainly is possible, and it's possible that if other life developed space faring technology they visited here in the distant past or are visiting here now. But, like anything else, it's not something to be believe until there is evidence for it. Otherwise, you're stuck believing either in everything, or in select baseless claims for which there is no good reason to believe one and not the other.