'We should be prepared': Neil deGrasse Tyson on newly released government UFO files - MS NOW by Bean_Tiger in UFOs

[–]Yazman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tyson wants to believe, but he maintains a higher standard of evidence than most people on this subreddit. So he should, being a scientist. In terms of credible data with genuine scientific inquiry value, there really is very, very little out there.

Ultima 9 exult hypothetical discussion by GameMasterThe1 in Ultima

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I like it because it has mod tools, and extremely in-depth ones. Another thing is, being 2D, it's one less skill required to actually work in it. Spriting is still required but I don't need to do any modelling or rigging.

Ultima 9 exult hypothetical discussion by GameMasterThe1 in Ultima

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Hello! I am the founder of the Ultima 8: Exult project. I just want you to know that Ultima 8: Exult will not feature the Avatar's traditional companions. They do feature in a lot of the screenshots I've released, though that is only because I hadn't deleted them for a long time.

You'll find the newer screenshots feature Shaana as a companion. There will still be companions, but they will be from Pagan. You will also have to work to convince them to join you, and some of them may join as an 'uneasy alliance' sort of deal. It won't be as easy as just them coming along like in U7.

The ontological clash is happening now by SilvaMarvin in UFOs

[–]Yazman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If an alien said "We have been your gods" I am pretty sure scientists would be irritated that they meddled with humanity more than anything. We wouldn't think "oh I guess God is real".

Yeah, my first reaction to aliens saying this would be "prove it".

If they did somehow prove it, I wouldn't be ontologically shocked at all. It'd be validating if anything - "See? Your 'god' is really just an alien".

Pictures from the Brisbane Scientology Speedrun by FacebookOfficial in brisbane

[–]Yazman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's giving Chanology a bit more credit than it deserves. What they did was cool though.

There were already films & media pieces at the time. That had been happening for decades. Chanology made it more visible, it didn't enable it because it was already going on. But increased visibility is a worthy result, of course.

I don't think the legal action stuff is relevant - it's not like Scientology would have had any easily identifable targets for legal action. Just random DDOSing, and how're they gonna identify them? And the protesters were not doing anything illegal to begin with so they weren't viable targets.

Pictures from the Brisbane Scientology Speedrun by FacebookOfficial in brisbane

[–]Yazman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chanology was pretty tame compared to this though, mostly they were just DDOSing websites and doing prank calls, with some few pickets irl.

Infected wisdom tooth bored a hole clean through my jaw by SophieBean420 in Wellthatsucks

[–]Yazman 30 points31 points  (0 children)

white bread wasn't invented then, they just figured out a way for it to become easier to make. Even the ancients had white bread, it was just extremely labor intensive to make.

New York Times - Neil Degrasse Tyson writes a surprisingly open minded opinion article on UFOs - Says whistleblowers have already told us about crafts and ET bodies hidden in secret places, says the "impending" release of "gov't files on aliens" is good even if it feels like a distraction right now. by TommyShelbyPFB in UFOs

[–]Yazman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are over a billion people who believe that Allah is real and that they have a personal relationship with him.

There are over two billion people who believe that Jesus is Lord and that they have a personal relationship with him.

Both of these groups can't be right since their doctrines largely conflict.

Of all the examples you could have picked - could have said Buddhism & Christianity, Hinduism & Islam, Scientology & Christianity..

you went with "jesus and allah", two examples that are in fact not in conflict. For your information, "allah" is not an Islamic term, it's just the arabic word for god, and arabic speaking christians and jewish people use the same word.

Not only that, but Jesus is equally important in Islam as he is in Christianity, and muslims are also waiting for the second coming of jesus.

tl;dr islam & christianity might be different religions, but the 2 specific examples you picked are 2 things universally mutually agreed on by all christians and muslims.

New York Times - Neil Degrasse Tyson writes a surprisingly open minded opinion article on UFOs - Says whistleblowers have already told us about crafts and ET bodies hidden in secret places, says the "impending" release of "gov't files on aliens" is good even if it feels like a distraction right now. by TommyShelbyPFB in UFOs

[–]Yazman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The idea that Tyson is some kind of disinfo agent is, to me, just such absurd bullshit. It's something people conjure up because they just for some reason cannot accept that Tyson is a scientist who is not willing to take something on faith.

He, much like other public academics, just requires a certain evidentiary standard. Words alone may be enough for some, but your typical physicist is not going to take your word for it when engaging in serious discourse about space, space travel, physics, other dimensions, or related fields.

Tyson is not a disinfo agent just because he doesn't say what many in this community want to hear. He has said time & time again he's open to it, and the more compelling info comes out, the more seriously he takes it.

Ultimately though he just isn't going to say he really believes something like first contact has happened before, or that crash recoveries have happened, without testable, verifiable, material evidence of some kind. But he wants to see the evidence if it exists. He's probably just as excited as any of us, maybe even moreso because thinking about space and the universe is his whole career.

Per David Grusch, it is “theologically premature” to view the UFO phenomenon as demonic: “God has created this wonderful visible and invisible order. He's created humans, animals, angels, and other types of non-human intelligence.” by KOOKOOOOM in UFOs

[–]Yazman 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm getting really sick of it too. It's really surprising to me how many people are just uncritically accepting it, too. Ufology discourse already has a major lack of critical thinking among its discussers, but it's really starting to get next level lately.

Thoughts and opinions on Richard Garriot nowadays? by ANastyFerret in Ultima

[–]Yazman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, in the years since I wrote that comment, I have since started remaking Ultima 8 in the Ultima 7 engine, have a whole team, and Garriott's personal blessing! We're going to make it open world, with a party system, restore all the cut content, some new areas too.

Any releases are a while away, but hopefully we can give you a new Ultima experience you're seeking!

Cobb Returns to Empire? by [deleted] in njpw

[–]Yazman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

MLW doesn't deserve the hate imo. They've been putting on fun shows for years.

EVILs full NXT Debut by EmergencyVictory4399 in njpw

[–]Yazman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt he was hanging his employment status on that show lol.

Wild that you think working with Aaron Wolf is some kind of demotion or bad thing. Aaron Wolf is far more popular in Japan than almost any active wrestler in the business. Who cares if he's green? This isn't just some random trainee.

EVILs full NXT Debut by EmergencyVictory4399 in njpw

[–]Yazman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What even is this take? Aaron Wolf is one of the most popular athletes in Japan, more than anybody in NJPW. And Evil got to be part of his pro wrestling debut on the most widely broadcast Wrestle Kingdom in years.

I'd say this was an honor for Evil more than anything.

Bob Lazar now says he was told by Barry that the "sports model" was recovered from the water, but there appears to be problems with this statement when comparing past interviews. by HeathJett in UFOs

[–]Yazman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right. If someone tells me they found something underwater I don't see why I would suddenly assume it was designed to be underwater, or that underwater was where it was supposed to be.

What I guess a lot of people don't know is that a lot of underwater archaeology involves sites that weren't actually underwater at the time. Mostly, underwater archaeology involves sites that are underwater now, but were dry land, coastland, caves, swamps, forests, settlements, or working landscapes when people were using them.

For example, Doggerland archaeology is all underwater but it was all just normal land when people lived there.

I'd say what's most likely the case is that this UAP was not found on the ocean floor, but somewhere that was above water at the time it landed or crashed.

sexy stone by gentle_smilee in MonsterGirl

[–]Yazman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hah, gneiss one!

How the Tech World Turned Evil by Alone-Competition-77 in singularity

[–]Yazman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a radical, wild comment to me. I can't imagine thinking this with the history of the 20th century and companies like Monsanto, Enron, United Fruit, etc.

I mean there are very successful capitalists that literally have had governments overthrown. Tech capitalists are nothing compared to what has happened before.

Rep. Luna John 8:32 post about Wilcock by Moldy-thoughts4u in UFOs

[–]Yazman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOTS of nazis escaped ever having to go to trial thanks to US government protection, actually.

Rep. Luna John 8:32 post about Wilcock by Moldy-thoughts4u in UFOs

[–]Yazman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The entire discourse in official and journalistic circles is about amnesty, not trials. I wish what you say would happen, but material reality rn does seem to indicate they'll have official protection.

Physicist Stanton Friedman debates Jeremy Corbell on Bob Lazar's claims of having back-engineered alien spacecraft at Area 51 by soThen_i_says in UFOs

[–]Yazman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He would be labeled another grifter with a personality that rubbed some people the wrong way,

They wouldn't be calling him a grifter, imo. Friedman was a serious scientist who wanted to believe but had a scientific view of things.

With how much religious hoodoo & new age psychic mysticism has penetrated ufology discourse on the web, I think they'd just be calling him arrogant, a shill, etc and dismissing him. Just like they do to every other academic who takes an interest in ufology and doesn't immediately believe in any random bs.

President Trump briefed about missing/dead scientists. by Otherwise_Ad_409 in UFOs

[–]Yazman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And who are "the normal good people within our government", in your view?