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Gary C reacted to Fritzkquzerk's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with
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But then let's say we discover that fairies are real, that would cease to be defined as "supernatural". It would be just a "natural" new phenomenon. -
StaticDrift reacted to UAV Hive's post in the thread Reports of drones at Jersey airport (British Channel Islands) with
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I verified with the Ministry of Defence that the Royal Air Force (RAF) are supporting authorities under Military Aid to the Civil Authorities, with the Department for Transport being the lead agency, albeit really it's the RAF that'll be using... -
Gary C reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
I take issue with that definition of "possible". If a thing has never been shown to exist, it cannot even be a candidate for an explanation for an observation, can it? I include the "supernatural" in all its supposed manifestations. There are...
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Harabeck reacted to Fritzkquzerk's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Agree.
I agree with splitting the thread and I'm guilty of having posted off topic stuff. Back on the supernatural, I'm not sure I understand @Mauro 's point. Does the definition of "supernatural" include the capability of morphing and changing the laws... -
AAndreas reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
"Proposed", then confirmed. Hypotheses remain just that, until the evidence is produced. I just looked up supernatural, and my several varied sources say nothing at all about "disembodied minds" or their ability to affect the physical world...
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Fritzkquzerk replied to the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs.I agree with splitting the thread and I'm guilty of having posted off topic stuff. Back on the supernatural, I'm not sure I understand @Mauro 's point. Does the definition of "supernatural" include the capability of morphing and changing the laws... -
Fritzkquzerk reacted to Harabeck's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Agree.
No, that's the definition for a soul or deity. Supernatural is far more broad: any phenomenon, force, being, or occurrence that exists outside or transcends the observable laws of nature and scientific explanation. My argument is that anything...
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Fritzkquzerk reacted to Mauro's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Agree.
Indeed, we're off-topic, I said that many times. But this last discussion on the probability ladder has taken on a life of this own, it's no more connected to the rest of the thread. I agree 100% with what you said above, just it does not apply...
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purpleivan reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Reports of drones at Jersey airport (British Channel Islands) with Like.
Folks in the other Jersey were not immunized against the perceptual error, in spite of living adjacent to the same airports for however long they'd lived there. I think it's just this: ...or, to put it more colloquially, once somebody sees a... -
FatPhil reacted to Mendel's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
The point of this thread is to provide examples that even rare things are eventually documented well. Impossible things, however often they're reported, are never documented well. This distinction is important. -
Mendel replied to the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs.Bigfoot is nonexistent. Ghosts are impossible because they break the laws of thermodynamics. "Interdimensional" visitors are impossible because they break the laws of thermodynamics. The (my) definition of 'supernatural' is "breaks the laws of... -
Mendel reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Like.
Question: Are you using "impossible" as a synonym for "nonexistent?" I'd think there may be things that are POSSIBLE, but nonetheless don't exist (but being possible MIGHT come to exist later or to have existed in the past.) So everything that...
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Mendel reacted to Harabeck's post in the thread Rare things that have been documented much better than UFOs with Agree.
No, that's the definition for a soul or deity. Supernatural is far more broad: any phenomenon, force, being, or occurrence that exists outside or transcends the observable laws of nature and scientific explanation. My argument is that anything...
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It sure looks like a JAB (Just Anther Balloon) right on the edge of LIZ. In any case, since it does not do anything but drift along, I am unable to see how it is anomalous. It has an odd shape, as balloons often do. It floats along and... -
flarkey reacted to wdejager's post in the thread Reports of drones at Jersey airport (British Channel Islands) with Like.
Following Ian's update, I've just published this background article on Dronewatch EU, also referencing the ongoing discussion in this Metabunk thread...
