UFOs
What a foofra. An Apollo astronaut flies off the rails and pronounces ETs to be a fait a complet and the news world goes gaga! Does he have new evidence, tangible and verifiable? Not a shred. But he was one of a dozen or so who put footprints on the moon so he has to be believed! What really concerns me is that we grab this like it is gospel and spin it round and round, till it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy, its veracity confirmed by the very fact that we talk about it.
Yet again I rail on about the priorities of our culture. Where and when did we make the turn from fact to fame and hyperbole and why, I ask, do we allow the media, the fourth estate, to put this stuff out as news and information? Its as though it is a circus where its the outrageous stunts and unbelievable death defying acts that grab you by the eyeballs.
We’ve got president’s who believe in Armageddon and horoscopes, celebrities who become experts in pharmacology and new whacko religions and pop stars who take up causes and solve the world’s ills and are according to the media, far more credible and newsworthy, than any of the thousands for scientists who painstakingly plod their way through scientific research looking for ALL the facts and upon whose labours and researches we have built what to me is looking less and less like civilization.
If you have a modicum of fame, notoriety or celebrity you have influence because the clowns who run our news service care only about one thing, ratings. And what a slippery slope that one is, as newspapers begin usurp tabloids in their quest to remain viable, TV descending into reality hell and micro fame shows, and the internet….well anything goes there as vested interests and the struggle for impact negates any real progress in truth and information.
So here is what we wind up with. 6000 peer reviewed studies and 4000 scientists who have participated in the largest scientific probe in the history of humankind who still cannot get any meaningful response from government, media or industry to curb what is the direst threat to our existence in 70,000 years. Yet one astronaut whose claim to fame rests on being a just that, a space cadet, echoing Von Danniken and Velikovsky, grabs a flurry of news spots and credibility in a heartbeat. What is wrong with this picture?
Next time my car or computer goes on the fritz I’m gonna find me a shaman to lay hands on the beast and purge the evil demons from its workings. Why waste time with science when we have Intelligent Design, the Earth is flat and UFOs are just abuzzing.