Recent content by Parrot

Actually, the statement "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" is wrong. It's something that many people misunderstand, so I'd like to set the record straight. If, under the circumstances of your theory, you would expect certain pieces of evidence to show up and they don't, that is...

Well, I don't think that anybody disputes that the first mention of this event was from Frank Edwards in 1959. And Edwards never listed his sources. My understanding is that even ancient alien theorists admit that Edwards is the first source they have on this. As I understand it, the excuse...

Don't let Sharkey get to you. He's just frustrated with you. We've all at one time or another taken some online discussion a little more seriously than we probably should have. I'm looking forward to it. Let me know when you've come to some sort of conclusion about the Alexander incident.

That's a distinct possibility. Show me what the grid looks like when you've got some names on it. I might be willing to throw a timed hissy fit if the right person offers me the right incentives ;)

I've been dealing with Matt along with the rest of you, and I have read through a lot of the thread. Like I said, I understand your frustrations. I just don't think it's necessary to give in to those frustrations.

It probably would be best if we turned down the snark levels just a little bit in here. I perfectly understand and sympathize with those of you who are frustrated with Matt. I don't blame you in the slightest for feeling the urge to show your scorn. But the fact is that it's counterproductive...

Actually, I'm in complete agreement about that as well. The Columbus thing isn't a particularly egregious example to me though. It's more about the content that they decide to focus on, making kids remember dates and completely ignoring the narrative of history. I've heard that college level...

It is a little sad how he spent a year of his life "researching" this stuff. Which is to say, of course, that he just read a bunch of stuff on websites run by people who believe in ancient aliens. People don't really understand what research really is. We really need to be teaching this to...

You guys might get a kick out of this - a recent comment on my blog: http://www.dumbassguide.info/comment.php?bid=38

I'm personally going put other topics like the Ica Stones to the side for now. Like I've said, I want to keep at least my part of this discussion somewhat focused. The Alexander claim is on a similar level to the Bible stuff that we were talking about, so I let myself get drawn in by that...

Ah, I didn't recognize the link in your post when I skimmed over it earlier. I didn't read any of the responses to Matt before doing my own research into the situation. It probably could have saved me some time if I had. In any case, I owe Matt a debt of gratitude on this one. I hadn't heard...

Matt, I certainly have never called you a liar, and I'm perfectly willing to wait for any evidence that you can provide me with. If you refuse to talk to the others here, I'm still perfectly willing to discuss this issue with you over email. Unfortunately, though, the fact that there's no...

Certainly. And if you can show me that there are indeed cases where ancient documents describe situations that bear a remarkable similarity to modern UFO sightings, then I will admit that you have something interesting there. And if the ancients had indeed talked about "flying shields", then...

Certainly if we could show that aliens really are visiting us in the present day, that would make a visit in the past a little more plausible. But it's not a required premise in order to conclude that aliens visited us in the past. It's entirely possible that aliens came here centuries ago...

I think you're kind of moving the goalpost here. The question of whether aliens visited us in the distant past is a completely different question to the one of whether aliens are visiting us today. Even if there are aliens visiting us today, that doesn't mean that aliens visited us in the...