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dr.penguin
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Hello, MetaBunk, I go by Doctor Penguin, and I've been familiar with Mick's work for years now, and I heard he lives in my previous home state of California. I used to live in Burbank, where I heard Mick West also lived for a time. I'm intrigued by claims and rumors that I read about on the internet and why people believe them. I'm happy to contribute to this forum with you all. Cheers!
Trash-Panda
New Member
Hi Everyone, I've seen Mick's YouTube Videos and always thought they were interesting and very informative. The uptick in UFO / UAP sightings has made me want to find somewhere on the internet that has a less hysterical view of these things.
Piskie
New Member
Hello all.
I've had a long term interest in healthy scepticism since attending UFO conferences back in the early 90's. I used to love watching James Randi's videos where he'd get people with 'special powers' to perform them for him in front of the cameras, entertaining viewing ! First became aware of Mick's work through Contrail Science and recently also noted that he's a fellow ZX Spectrum facebook group member.
I've joined this forum, because of the dedication from the members to illuminating the facts in a coherent, concise and clear way, with links to studies, papers and scientific results. I've also noted that the forum has several members who are experts in their fields and contribute valuable information to the topics on here. And I would like to feel that I am able to contribute to some of these topics in a meaningful way and to understand more about topics where my understanding is limited.
My personal view is that we are living in a time where there is huge mistrust in mainstream science and media, and that the vast swathes of information coming from social media have muddied the waters in terms of what people believe is credible evidence. It appears that huge numbers of people (especially post covid) have simply switched off from trusted news sources and now get their information from a Tik Tok meme, with the associated algorithms that will feed people more and more of the same bias that they initially sought out, further compounding their beliefs in things that have no basis in reality.
It is forums such as this that are crucial to shining a light on much of this, the thought processes, behaviours and confirmation biases that lead to ordinarily sound thinking people, ending up believing all sorts of spurious claims.
Keep up the good work and hope to engage on a regular basis on here.
I've had a long term interest in healthy scepticism since attending UFO conferences back in the early 90's. I used to love watching James Randi's videos where he'd get people with 'special powers' to perform them for him in front of the cameras, entertaining viewing ! First became aware of Mick's work through Contrail Science and recently also noted that he's a fellow ZX Spectrum facebook group member.
I've joined this forum, because of the dedication from the members to illuminating the facts in a coherent, concise and clear way, with links to studies, papers and scientific results. I've also noted that the forum has several members who are experts in their fields and contribute valuable information to the topics on here. And I would like to feel that I am able to contribute to some of these topics in a meaningful way and to understand more about topics where my understanding is limited.
My personal view is that we are living in a time where there is huge mistrust in mainstream science and media, and that the vast swathes of information coming from social media have muddied the waters in terms of what people believe is credible evidence. It appears that huge numbers of people (especially post covid) have simply switched off from trusted news sources and now get their information from a Tik Tok meme, with the associated algorithms that will feed people more and more of the same bias that they initially sought out, further compounding their beliefs in things that have no basis in reality.
It is forums such as this that are crucial to shining a light on much of this, the thought processes, behaviours and confirmation biases that lead to ordinarily sound thinking people, ending up believing all sorts of spurious claims.
Keep up the good work and hope to engage on a regular basis on here.
Rob Andrews
New Member
Hi everyone,
I've enjoyed looking round this site and wanted to introduce myself. I've been interested in conspiracy theories and skepticism for many years now, and read a lot more of the posts here recently when a colleague of mine became very animated about the New Jersey "drones" and how this cannot possibly be accounted for by normal things you might expect to find in the sky. However, it reminded me of Mick West's Twitter timeline which seems to be a series of challenges to "explain this, then" *shows picture of a plane* followed by explanation "it's a plane", then "what about this then?" *shows picture of a street light* "It's a street light" and "Oh yeah, what about this picture of a UFO over city?" explained by "it's the reflection of the lightshade hanging from the ceiling."
I like the method (the correct one in my opinion), shared by Carl Sagan, of working through the most likely, i.e prosaic, explanations of normal phenomenon or faulty instrument readings etc... before the exotic explanations come into play, but some people just prefer the exotic, I suppose.
Thanks!
Rob
I've enjoyed looking round this site and wanted to introduce myself. I've been interested in conspiracy theories and skepticism for many years now, and read a lot more of the posts here recently when a colleague of mine became very animated about the New Jersey "drones" and how this cannot possibly be accounted for by normal things you might expect to find in the sky. However, it reminded me of Mick West's Twitter timeline which seems to be a series of challenges to "explain this, then" *shows picture of a plane* followed by explanation "it's a plane", then "what about this then?" *shows picture of a street light* "It's a street light" and "Oh yeah, what about this picture of a UFO over city?" explained by "it's the reflection of the lightshade hanging from the ceiling."
I like the method (the correct one in my opinion), shared by Carl Sagan, of working through the most likely, i.e prosaic, explanations of normal phenomenon or faulty instrument readings etc... before the exotic explanations come into play, but some people just prefer the exotic, I suppose.
Thanks!
Rob
Hello, I'm new. I'm here to mostly listen and learn. Left other forums due to obvious misinformation etc. The "NJ Drone" situation primarily got me interested as this seems to be an interesting psychological feedback event although I could be wrong of course.
I was beyond impressed by the analysis I have seen in this forum regarding various reports and look forward to more in the future!
I was beyond impressed by the analysis I have seen in this forum regarding various reports and look forward to more in the future!
Hi All,
Recently retired fed vet of several somewhat obscure alphabet soup agencies which has little or nothing to do with my interests/hobbies/reason for being here. I stumbled across this site on a google search regarding the Nazca mummies. Having grown up on USAF bases around the world during the 60s/70s/80s I developed a lifelong interests in space and mind exploration, physics, language, DIY car, home and anything else I've not done before; random number generator synchronicity associated with The Global Consciousness Project, NDE, "the phenomenon"-UFOs, nonhuman intelligence (or even the more rare phenomenon of human intelligence
and interactions therewith. I suppose all of these interests may be applicable to this sight as a research/discussion tool but clearly the later is what landed me here today. Cheers!
Jon
Recently retired fed vet of several somewhat obscure alphabet soup agencies which has little or nothing to do with my interests/hobbies/reason for being here. I stumbled across this site on a google search regarding the Nazca mummies. Having grown up on USAF bases around the world during the 60s/70s/80s I developed a lifelong interests in space and mind exploration, physics, language, DIY car, home and anything else I've not done before; random number generator synchronicity associated with The Global Consciousness Project, NDE, "the phenomenon"-UFOs, nonhuman intelligence (or even the more rare phenomenon of human intelligence
and interactions therewith. I suppose all of these interests may be applicable to this sight as a research/discussion tool but clearly the later is what landed me here today. Cheers!Jon
Starflint
New Member
大家好，我是来自中国，很高兴在这里与大家见面。由于在我的国家看到了太多从欧美转载过来的阴谋论视频和有关UFO的虚假谣言，所以我特地找到这里向各位学习鉴别方法，一些语言是机器翻译的，可能会不太通顺，希望各位能谅解。Hello everyone, I am from China and I am glad to meet you all here.Since I have seen too many conspiracy theory videos and false rumors about UFOs reproduced from Europe and America in my country, I have found this place to learn the identification method from you all, some of the language is machine-translated and may not be fluent, I hope you can understand.
Ann K
Senior Member.
Hello and welcome! Could you possibly transliterate your name into something we can "hear in our minds"?
Hi, I'm a recently retired lawyer who spent much of my career debunking junk science advanced in support of legal claims. I had seen some of Mick's work on YT, and the New Jersey drone flap brought me here, bemused and disappointed not only in the credulousness of lay people, but the proclivity of mass media and politicians to indulge these claims without any serious investigation.
Starflint
New Member
"星核燧石"It means flint in the planet's core.，Mick Say it to me："Since it translates as "Star Core Flint", perhaps Starflint?"，I also thought it was good "Starflint" so I used that translation.
Trailspotter
Senior Member.
The translation reminded me of the what3words geocode system. Regrettably, there is no location for these three words (star.core.flint). However, the top suggested alternative in a search for it (///star.code.flint) is a place near Roswell, New Mexico.
Coincidence? I don't think so
FatPhil
Senior Member.
The translation reminded me of the what3words geocode system. Regrettably, there is no location for these three words (star.core.flint). However, the top suggested alternative in a search for it (///star.code.flint) is a place near Roswell, New Mexico.
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Coincidence? I don't think so
You have found the code!
Mauro
Senior Member.
How is it pronounced?
JMartJr
Senior Member.
There are online sites that convert Chinese characters into Pinyin (the transliteration of Chinese into something based on the Latin-derived alphabet. Here's one: https://www.chineseconverter.com/en/convert/chinese-to-pinyin
According to that site, the transliteration would be xīng hé suì shí, with the marks over the vowels indicting the tone is rising, falling, etc.
@Starflint can confirm or refute the accuracy of that website's work! ^_^
Starflint
New Member
God, I didn't realize my name could be associated with Roswell.The translation reminded me of the what3words geocode system. Regrettably, there is no location for these three words (star.core.flint). However, the top suggested alternative in a search for it (///star.code.flint) is a place near Roswell, New Mexico.
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Coincidence? I don't think so
Starflint
New Member
Excellent site, reads exactly right!
Welcome! It's being discussed in https://www.metabunk.org/threads/ja...hart-about-non-human-technology-the-egg.13949
Let's watch the ideas hatch!
Favious M
New Member
Hello all. Finally decided the bite the bullet and register after lurking here and there over the last while.
The recent New Jersey drone 'incident' has really driven me further towards scepticism after seeing just the sheer lack of critical thinking displayed by a lot of people in the online sphere.
Figured the 'egg' was as good a point as any to register and join in the discussion.
I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore skeptic, I personally think that it would be pretty neat if any of this stuff was actually real. However, there is no remotely convincing or credible 'evidence' out there
The recent New Jersey drone 'incident' has really driven me further towards scepticism after seeing just the sheer lack of critical thinking displayed by a lot of people in the online sphere.
Figured the 'egg' was as good a point as any to register and join in the discussion.
I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore skeptic, I personally think that it would be pretty neat if any of this stuff was actually real. However, there is no remotely convincing or credible 'evidence' out there
Jur Maessen
New Member
Hi,
My name is Jurriaan Maessen. After bingelistening about twenty podcasts with Mick West politely but meticulously dissecting several logical fallicies on the part of some ufo-enthusiasts and their claims, I decided it was high time I'd register for Metabunk to see if (or to which extent) I might be able to contribute something on some of the issues bothering the conspiratorial mind.
Although my mathematical talents pretty much equal those of a pair of shoelaces, my particular inclinations lean more towards the amateur-historical, more specifically seeing what I can figure about some historical claims as well as piecing together the purported provenance of sources referenced to support their historical accuracy.
In terms of shifting perspectives I guess my journey throughout the last couple of decades would be most adequately described as being "meandering".
Like many others I started out as embarrassingly credulous on the subject of ufo's and the paranormal, gradually sucking me down the sinkholes of government conspiracy theory. From about 2007 onward this escalated in me contributing articles to such cesspools as Infowars up to about a decade ago. Luckily I have managed to eject most of my misconceptions, but you can imagine my horror in re-evaluating my former conspiracy dependence and the relief I felt (and still feel) in having succesfully detoxed from it throughout subsequent years.
You may also imagine it took me a while to get to grips with my former misapprehensions, at least to the degree of not allowing them to paralyze my development moving forward.
My name is Jurriaan Maessen. After bingelistening about twenty podcasts with Mick West politely but meticulously dissecting several logical fallicies on the part of some ufo-enthusiasts and their claims, I decided it was high time I'd register for Metabunk to see if (or to which extent) I might be able to contribute something on some of the issues bothering the conspiratorial mind.
Although my mathematical talents pretty much equal those of a pair of shoelaces, my particular inclinations lean more towards the amateur-historical, more specifically seeing what I can figure about some historical claims as well as piecing together the purported provenance of sources referenced to support their historical accuracy.
In terms of shifting perspectives I guess my journey throughout the last couple of decades would be most adequately described as being "meandering".
Like many others I started out as embarrassingly credulous on the subject of ufo's and the paranormal, gradually sucking me down the sinkholes of government conspiracy theory. From about 2007 onward this escalated in me contributing articles to such cesspools as Infowars up to about a decade ago. Luckily I have managed to eject most of my misconceptions, but you can imagine my horror in re-evaluating my former conspiracy dependence and the relief I felt (and still feel) in having succesfully detoxed from it throughout subsequent years.
You may also imagine it took me a while to get to grips with my former misapprehensions, at least to the degree of not allowing them to paralyze my development moving forward.
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