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Originally Posted by Bill Ryan
Hi, All:
I do consider myself to be skeptical in the very sense as brilliantly defined by Bernie Haisch:
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[A sleptic is] one who practices the method of suspended judgment, engages in rational and dispassionate reasoning as exemplified by the scientific method, shows willingness to consider alternative explanations without prejudice based on prior beliefs, and who seeks out evidence and carefully scrutinizes its validity.
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When I met Miriam a few days before the interview, I was instantly struck by her honesty and integrity, which shone through her in our private meeting. I felt a strong personal connection with her (as did Kerry from the very start, but that was the first time I had met her).
She's a strong presenter on camera, but this belies her sensitivity: after the cameras were turned off she was in tears for several minutes, such was the intensity of the previous couple of hours for her.
While those were private moments, it seems that for some that kind of outtake might have been valuable to help evaluate her sincerity and vulnerability. |
Bill, Bernie Haisch's definition of "skeptic" can serve as a good guideline. But are you sure that you are practicing "dispassionate reasoning"?
Do these wordings (of yours) exemplify "
dispassionate reasoning"?
- "I was instantly struck by"
- "which shone through her"
- "felt a strong personal connection with her"
- "those were private moments"
- "her sincerity and vulnerability"
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alternative explanations" (from you) = 0
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evidence" (from you or the interview) = 0
Let me confess. This interview is important to me because it had been a long while since I watched a female being interviewed. I find Miriam very attractive. I liked the way Miriam often looked straight at the camera as if she was looking straight into my eyes, one-on-one. When she announced that she could cry, I wanted to jump into the screen and lend her my shoulder.
Now that I am done watching the interview, I am back wondering where our missing children are. Can our missing children be found in those underground bases? What exactly is going on in those underground bases?
You are a passionate man Bill. I am too. But that doesn't mean we ought to believe Miriam's story.