What's on the horizon is also refocus of a picture after it has been taken: LINK The good thing about that is, that there will be no more of this blurry "I think it's an alien" bullshit as anyone can literally sharpen a picture by refocusing on something in the background.
Yep and if you focus it you'll see the "Its fake" sign that you would have otherwise missed. Seriously though, a blurry alien would become a sharp/er alien, not sure what it would do to validate or disprove it. It would still come down to people flat-out rejecting it as its beyond their idea of what's possible or people will accept it as they consider it to be evidence or proof.
Seriously? No. IMHO, a blurry "alien" would become an sharper oddly shaped tree and the glowing light would be the specular reflection off of another tourist's camera. I do believe in the possibility of alien (ie extra terrestrial) life. However, my opinions are grounded in science. The blurry spaceman in this case, is grounded in Hollywood 1950's precepts of Alien anatomy that now borders on the comical. Unfortunately, most of the world is filled with simpletons who cling to these preconceived notions of what "ET" should look like, and thus, anything that comes close to a visual approximation (even an out of focus tree stump) would qualify as a "sighting" or contact. But seriously serious now, across nearly a century, there have been hundreds of thousand of "sightings" in which ET has come teasingly close enough to photograph; yet every single one of these photos are either blurred, faked, or manufactured. The whole thing has become a lucrative cottage industry that is pandered to by both the marginal press and conspiracy adherents with an ax to grind. For my money, ET is just a money maker based on shameless flim flam sham.
did i? shataaap brah :trollface2: a tree or reflection... i don't think so (don't get me wrong, i believe most are fake and i cant be 100% on what is real), now i have a reason to look forward to this coming technology so i can see if this is the case. a blurred photo does not make it fake though. I am not sure where the grey aliens came from, i didn't think it was Hollywood, like flying saucers as they are called did not originate in Hollywood. I also find the more ancient depictions of beings to be interesting, you get all sorts from things like this: to things that Alister crowley summoned up in one of his rituals and depicted like this. which looks grey like, maybe he was just a simpleton though :trollface2: If you look at it from an evolutionary standpoint then it would seem odd, naturally you would question why aliens are humanoid, if they ever revealed themselves on a grand scale and they happened to be humanoid, i guess that would be something many would have to wrestle with.
My position is that the chances of taking out of focus pictures ALL the time of something that is said to exist, across nearly a century of "contacts" and in the face of continually advancing photographic technology; statistically speaking, is almost impossible. As for the historical "men in helmeted spacesuits" I suspect it was more related to ancient forms of phallus worship or religious beliefs regarding fertility. If one took a strict realist approach to the supposed alien physique; an oversized head with high center of gravity, coupled with tiny, short spindly legs and weak arms, would probably have lasted less than one minute in the harsh Darwinian realities of the prehistoric world. If indeed they did exist, then they would have necessarily needed to live with the assistance of machines and other tools to mitigate their physical shortcomings. Tools and machines will always leave evidence of their activity into their surrounding environment. But to date, no smoking gun of such activity has ever been found.
Tools and machines like the craft for example, I'm sure there have been times when artefacts have been left behind along with imprints and in most situations there is a strangely high level of radiation. But no matter what, there is always room for a person to reject it happened. What's your thoughts on the dogon tribe? Ohh no its the super-tanned man who has hair that defies gravity, he made me laugh when i watched that show.
I agree that there are some who reject any idea of ET life as a matter of dogma (perhaps sometimes religiously based). However, I do agree that there are lots of things in the world which currently defy rational explanation. As for the Dogon Tribe; I don't have much thoughts about them, but know them as a historically marginalized collection of cliff dwellers in western Africa. IIRC, they're traditional practitioners of female circumcision, and have become culturally subsumed by tourist driven pressures, much like the Karen (in southeast Asia). Germane to the subject at hand, from what I understand there is extensive controversy regarding their reportedly advanced knowledge of astronomy, whether it was derived from oral traditions or as some suspect, through the taint of modern contact. Image Source: Wiki Hmmm... Is that a space helmet with breathing apparatus... or penis worship with attendant balls...?
^ The one above looks more phallic (though not all of them look like that, and i don't think it looks like the pic i posted), a bit like the guy off American dad. What i was talking about is the astronomical knowledge, as you said, no matter what happens, some will flat out reject or try to smear it to protect their own world view so naturally there would be controversy. but if it is true, then that alone is a massive problem because they would have gotten the information from someone or something and according to their own history is was strange beings that we would call aliens (but not the grey type, more reptilian if I remember correctly).
LOL... You mean, like one of these guys? But the idea that people become insularly protective of their point of view, even at the expense of reality, is nothing new; religious dogma being one of this purely human phenomenon's worst offenders. This is especially true with politics which, at last blush, will shamelessly invade the purview of science and education, in an effort to advance certain partisan leanings. Perhaps we learned that from the Star Father too (Ref. made to imaginary construct of computer game, which itself was a game world parody of the real life Scientology, which many see as a sham religion. Sorry, couldn't resist)? IMHO, real science will eventually rise to the surface despite those that cling to contrarian views based on personal taste and marginal possibility. Just one look at the harm done in the name of pseudo scientific "possibility" that the vaccine debate has engendered and that perfectly illustrates my point. I'm not saying that it isn't possible; but rather, that until irrefutable evidence comes in, then to me, it really is not probable. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for continuing to test the boundaries of our known existence. But never at the expense of our grounding in known reality. Theories and suggestions are great to stimulate discussion, but to me, they remain just that and nothing more. Great discussion BTW, and thank you
^ Not sure if its quite like the Hollywood depictions, usually not the case but I stand with you waiting for real science to emerge.
