Posted on 11/26/2012 9:40:22 AM PST by Coleus
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency recently issued a statement indicating it knew of no evidence of the existence of “aquatic humanoids.”
This remarkable statement was prompted by calls from viewers of Animal Planet’s “Mermaids: the Body Found,” which claimed such creatures exist. A swarm of television programs, listed as “scientific” and “reality based,” perpetuate similar pseudoscientific ideas that are gobbled up by viewers, especially kids.
This incident illustrates a dangerous trend: Viewers’ acceptance of claims made by untrained laypeople as authoritative, and their simultaneous rejection of work done by experts in science, history and politics. This idea argues that egg-headed specialists — with a lifetime of focused academic work, peer-reviewed scholarship and study — are hiding the “truth” from us so that the only way to get answers is from down-home folks with little schooling but good sense. In other words, formal education is bad.
One program that encourages this fallacy is “Finding Bigfoot” (also a product of Animal Planet). It follows members of a group called the Bigfoot Field Research Organization as they search for the elusive creature. The investigators travel to various locations of supposed Bigfoot activity, with the genre staples of night vision cameras and hushed voices. While full of enthusiasm, the BFRO members don’t seem to have any technical training or follow scientific method in their search. They often say, “There are ’squatches here!” but viewers never see the big hairy beasts. And that’s about all. The show imparts no knowledge of environmental science, animal behavior studies, primate anatomy or even the history of monster hunting. Yet with spurious “evidence,” the group makes claims that the creatures are real and just around the corner, and expects us to accept it.
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I observe 3 deleted posts, and cannot help but wonder if those three posts contained pictures of a certain individual ...
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency recently issued a statement indicating it knew of no evidence of the existence of “aquatic humanoids.”
Sasquatch whereabouts is no secret. Known as "the Wookie," it lives in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washigton D.C.
The couple who live in the BathHouse are "0b0z0ids." I'll leave it to scientists to decide whether they are "aquatic" or not.
Heidy ho...
Actually Sasquatches are probably quite benevolent and harmless compared to certain “humans” who resemble them...
Appears to be a harmless activity, and a male bonding experience. Also a fun thing which may include a lot of alcoholic beverages.
I’ve always heard that if you place arugula and other vegetables along a trail, sooner or later one will show up.
If no vegetables are available you could substitute lobsters.
LOL!!!
To make sure, photographers and hunters should forget about arugula and lobster. They should spread Alinsky droppings in a deep hole covered with greenbacks.
Please refrain from calling them "human" or I'd have no alternative to pressing the abuse button.
"human waste" may do.
A fella named M.K.Davis has posted some very interesting videos on YouTube. He’s a former satellite photo analyst for the government (I think) and has done some pretty interesting analysis of other people’s videos. Plus, he has a terrific accent.
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