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0 Post author: Will_Newsome 26 January 2012 01:30AM

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Comment author: dbaupp 26 January 2012 02:14:53AM *  3 points [-]

I hope it is clear why that is a rather bad reason to be skeptical of UFOs.

I may be being obtuse, but it's not to me. Care to elaborate?

Comment author: Will_Newsome 26 January 2012 02:21:41AM 0 points [-]

Sorry, I guess I misjudged the inferential distance once again. UFOs are not necessarily alien spaceships, therefore any perceived improbability of alien spaceships doesn't mean that non-spaceship explanations of UFOs are improbable. E.g. the "military plane" explanation is also common. However neither the "military plane" or "alien spacecraft" hypotheses fully explain the data.

Comment author: steven0461 26 January 2012 02:31:08AM 2 points [-]

Could you say more about what other hypotheses you have in mind?

Comment author: Will_Newsome 26 January 2012 02:45:31AM -1 points [-]

Better to hold off on proposing solutions.

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