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Post by solarstorm on Jun 12, 2008 6:45:12 GMT -11
Here's a nomination for the hall of shame...
So-called scientists who make knee-jerk conclusions that do not hold up to scrutiny (especially when deeling with cryptids). These are the scientists who say:
"If [cryptid] is really out there, someone would have seen it." (discounts all eye witness accounts of said creatures)
"If [cryptid] is really out there, where are the dead body of one." (discounts sightings of dead bodies, and other natural occurances dealing with death... have you ever seen a squirrel that died of old age?)
"If [cryptid] is really out there, it would have shown signs of evolution and wouldn't look like its ancestors." (discounts known animals like alligators, coelecanths, and the such which have remained unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years)
"If [cryptid] is really out there, we would have found one by now." (Giant squids, long thought to exist have only recently been recorded alive, plus new discoveries of larger sized animals in the jungled of southeast Asia have happened in the last 10 years)
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Post by xXSpookyXx on Jun 12, 2008 7:03:18 GMT -11
Good points, there surely are some skeptics that earned a walk through the hall of shame. lol
But whom? You described very well, a certain type indeed. But if we had some names we could then feature them.
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Post by solarstorm on Jun 12, 2008 9:20:29 GMT -11
Sorry, never really got names for many of them. These are usually the experts that some shows pull out so that they appear to be unbias, though the slant of the show is to make the people who believe look like whackos. They never seem to stick around long enough for anyone to remember their names.
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Post by xXSpookyXx on Jun 12, 2008 9:29:04 GMT -11
Sorry, never really got names for many of them. These are usually the experts that some shows pull out so that they appear to be unbias, though the slant of the show is to make the people who believe look like whackos. They never seem to stick around long enough for anyone to remember their names. Yeah that's true. In these cases it can be hard to get names or even know of them long enough to even verify their credentials and what not.
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sandstone
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Post by sandstone on Jun 12, 2008 15:57:59 GMT -11
Here's a nomination for the hall of shame... So-called scientists who make knee-jerk conclusions that do not hold up to scrutiny (especially when deeling with cryptids). These are the scientists who say: "If [cryptid] is really out there, someone would have seen it." (discounts all eye witness accounts of said creatures) "If [cryptid] is really out there, where are the dead body of one." (discounts sightings of dead bodies, and other natural occurances dealing with death... have you ever seen a squirrel that died of old age?) "If [cryptid] is really out there, it would have shown signs of evolution and wouldn't look like its ancestors." (discounts known animals like alligators, coelecanths, and the such which have remained unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years) "If [cryptid] is really out there, we would have found one by now." (Giant squids, long thought to exist have only recently been recorded alive, plus new discoveries of larger sized animals in the jungled of southeast Asia have happened in the last 10 years) You forgot my favorite: If cryptid is really out there, why are there not any feces left behind? (I've always had this image of poo-hiding bigfoots.)
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Post by Pinkberry on Jun 24, 2008 20:07:04 GMT -11
Here's a nomination for the hall of shame... So-called scientists who make knee-jerk conclusions that do not hold up to scrutiny (especially when deeling with cryptids). These are the scientists who say: "If [cryptid] is really out there, someone would have seen it." (discounts all eye witness accounts of said creatures) "If [cryptid] is really out there, where are the dead body of one." (discounts sightings of dead bodies, and other natural occurances dealing with death... have you ever seen a squirrel that died of old age?) "If [cryptid] is really out there, it would have shown signs of evolution and wouldn't look like its ancestors." (discounts known animals like alligators, coelecanths, and the such which have remained unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years) "If [cryptid] is really out there, we would have found one by now." (Giant squids, long thought to exist have only recently been recorded alive, plus new discoveries of larger sized animals in the jungled of southeast Asia have happened in the last 10 years) Well if the shoe fits...Im going to go ahead and state that I don't believe a bipedal cryptid exists. We would of found SOME evidence by now. But its fun to imagine them existing none-the-less.
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Post by lighostchick on Jul 22, 2008 9:07:00 GMT -11
I have to say Dereck Acorah of Most Haunted. Yvette has even admitted to him being fed info behind the scenes. He takes the cake to me.
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Post by CougarBob on Jul 22, 2008 11:00:41 GMT -11
I am not willing to make a blanket statement that all criptids don't exist. Too many new birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, insects and plants are discovered and catalogued every year.
Are Sasquatch, Yeti, etc. real? I don't know. But, I'll keep an open mind in the mean time. ;D
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Post by sandstone on Jul 22, 2008 14:49:04 GMT -11
I am not willing to make a blanket statement that all criptids don't exist. Too many new birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, insects and plants are discovered and catalogued every year.
Are Sasquatch, Yeti, etc. real? I don't know. But, I'll keep an open mind in the mean time. ;D I thought you were a Sasquatch, Bob!
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Post by CougarBob on Jul 25, 2008 11:45:26 GMT -11
I am not willing to make a blanket statement that all criptids don't exist. Too many new birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, insects and plants are discovered and catalogued every year.
Are Sasquatch, Yeti, etc. real? I don't know. But, I'll keep an open mind in the mean time. ;D I thought you were a Sasquatch, Bob! That's true, I am! But, shhhhhhh, it's a secret. Hey, I just thought ... I'm real. Okay then, Sasquatch is real ... that's one cryptid down and a zillion to go.
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