Friday, January 2, 2009

Larry King... Again

On New Year's Eve, CNN's Larry King hosted yet another confrontation between UFO researchers and skeptics. These things follow the same pattern, not least because King asks the same questions over and over.

One aspect of the pattern might be revealing, however. The researchers want to talk about the evidence they say they've found, and accuse the skeptics of not studying the cases. From the skeptics' responses, it's often fairly clear they haven't-- or at least they choose not to argue the evidence. That could be because they haven't studied the cases, or it might be because they found no evidence worthy of the name.

Having only one person from each side and allowing them to really engage each other may be a better way to shed more light than heat.

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