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Originally Posted by Swift
It's an interesting piece, but it is, IMHO, a little self-contradicting
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Therefore, the researchers explain in their JBIS article that an average alien civilization would be far more advanced and have long since discovered Earth. Additionally, other research work on the supposition underlying the Big Bang -- known as the theory of inflation -- shores up the prospect, they advise, that our world is immersed in a much larger extraterrestrial civilization.
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So they are saying there should be ETs all around us and we should have met them. Ok, but...
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"The dismissal has several causes, all reinforcing each other," Haisch responded. "Most of the observations are probably misinterpretations, delusions and hoaxes. I have seen people get confused by Venus or even Sirius when it is flashing colors low in the sky under the right conditions. Having been turned off by this, most scientists never bother to look any further, and so are simply blissfully ignorant that there may be more to it," he said.
Deardorff, the lead author of the JBIS article, points out in a press statement: "It would take some humility for the scientific community to suspend its judgment and take at least some of the high quality reports seriously enough to investigate…but I hope we can bring ourselves to do that."
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They argue that there are some (a few) high quality reports and the scientific community has just ignored them. I'm far from an expert, but that does not wash with my opinion. I've seen some serious investigations of some of these and have never seen one that was close to proving something. If these guys are scientists, and they don't like the work other scientists have done (or not done), then pick a high quality case, do an investigation, and get it published in a referred journal. |
Agreed, which is why I look for such articles as this; some that are helping to lend credibility to the issue.
Don't forget that the "little green men" laugh-factor is pervasive to this day, with many giving it a low a priori probability to start. Hence, very little serious scientific inquiry has been done.
I'm optimistic, though, we continue to see these sorts of news pieces about "life out there" and ETs, and IMHO they serve as a desensitizing mechanism.