Fortean/non-"Rational" things

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Since Cammy's post on Astrology got so many replies (positive and negative) I was wondering how generally open minded PuFers are on this kinda thing.
So, if you believe/won't discount/totally disbelieve in the existance of UFOs (and any of the many explanations of them - not just aliens), Crop circles, Divination/Fortune Telling, Ghosts/Mediums, Magick (note spelling...), Psychics or anything else that you could class as a Fortean or possibly even "New Age" (ewww!) subject, I'd like to hear your views.

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ackkk gag me with a sharp stick. i believe there is life besides us in the universe, but i put no stock in the paranormal, freaky, x-files type stuff that pollutes the minds of some of the population. not that any of you have polluted minds, if you believe it is ok :) :)

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Judging by your "Enschede" reply your not that open minden yourself, I didn't like that you know.

As for alien life, it would be very unlikely if we were the ONLY ones out there. For that reason there MUST be someone else out there. I dunno about Ufo's tho, the exitence of alien life does not imply that they have advanced technology, let alone the technology to get here.

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gahh!
This is why I hate the media...
UFO does not mean Alien Spacecraft.
It means Unidentified Flying Object...that is , and object people can't identify that flies.
If we knew that they were alien spacecraft they wouldn't be unidentified would they?
There are actually a few other ideas about UFOs other than the alien ones (like the earthlight theories) but they are never given any media coverage so people just assume UFOlogy = Alien Hunting.

As for paranormal stuff...well I don't remember anything totally conclusive from either side on this matter so I keep an open mind. :)

come on...more input!

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I think there's already serious evidence in favor of quite a few phenomena we would classify under the heading 'paranormal'. Besides astrology (see other thread), there's also evidence for reincarnation and 'psychic' powers like telepathy and telekinesis.

There's one thing that makes me very sad about the X-Files, BTW. It is that this program propagates a negative attitude towards things that are supposed to be 'paranormal'. If something is paranormal, it is automatically bad, scary, potentially harmful, maybe even plain evil. Why? Why can't things 'paranormal' be alternatively seen or portrayed as fascinating, interesting, wonderful, perhaps even beneficial? Wouldn't this be a healthier attitude?

As for 'rationality', I just want to ask, what counts as rational and what doesn't? How do we decide? Many things viewed as rational today were once viewed as very irrational, and vice versa. But this is a very large topic so maybe I'll return to it another time...


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dear sweet jesus , we must be really running out of topics or else I'm the only one who's not smoking weed right now :)

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Thanks Cammy!

I know of the evidence to do with TK and TP (and ESP). However I haven't actually seen the reports, just media things on them so I'm being cautious!

As for the problem with defining rationality...why do you think I put it in quotes :)
 

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I think there must be aliens or some form of life out there. Well, like they said in the film Contact, If we were the only ones out here it would be an awful waste of space. Think that's right.

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There is a thread on religion that is ironically taking place now.

I say this because the book of Genesis does not mention anything about non-earth based lifeforms from ever being created.