{"id":2847,"date":"2025-03-10T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/i-think-some-people-just-have-a-higher-standard-of-evidence-before-believing-in-something-and-the-woo-is-appeasing-those-prone-to-believing-and-alienating-those-still-seeking-any-evidence-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T10:54:46","slug":"i-think-some-people-just-have-a-higher-standard-of-evidence-before-believing-in-something-and-the-woo-is-appeasing-those-prone-to-believing-and-alienating-those-still-seeking-any-evidence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/i-think-some-people-just-have-a-higher-standard-of-evidence-before-believing-in-something-and-the-woo-is-appeasing-those-prone-to-believing-and-alienating-those-still-seeking-any-evidence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I think some people just have a higher standard of evidence before believing in something, and the woo is appeasing those prone to believing and alienating those still seeking any evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people seem to set a higher bar for evidence before they believe in something, leaving those drawn to mystical ideas satisfied while alienating those who seek real proof. I&#8217;ve found the topic fascinating, especially after learning about Grusch, who opened my eyes to the world of ufology. Before then, my knowledge was limited to a cursory understanding of the Roswell conspiracy. After watching the Joe Rogan episode with Fravor, I became even more interested.<\/p>\n<p>However, after nearly two years of diving into this subject, it&#8217;s becoming painfully clear to me that there&#8217;s very little to truly get excited about.<\/p>\n<p>While Grusch\u2019s story was thought-provoking, the lack of evidence behind it is disheartening. It appears his testimony is based on claims from various individuals with impressive titles\u2014like Elizondo, who supposedly has orbs as pets and uses mind tricks on terrorists. But that doesn&#8217;t hold much weight, even if it&#8217;s under oath. I could easily say that a high-ranking intelligence official involved in a UAP program told me we have alien spacecraft, and if Elizondo was my source, I wouldn&#8217;t be lying.<\/p>\n<p>This has made my initial fascination with Grusch\u2019s claims seem less credible than I had hoped. Beyond that, we really have nothing concrete to support claims of alien visitation\u2014literally nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there are eyewitness accounts, including from pilots and military personnel, which are interesting, but they simply aren\u2019t enough. There\u2019s an overwhelming number of testimonies, yet all we have in the way of tangible evidence are the FLIR, Gimbal, and GoFast videos, which, to be honest, aren\u2019t convincing at all in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if you weren&#8217;t already interested in the subject and were shown those videos. Would you think, \u201cWow, this looks like an intelligent alien civilization that traveled light-years to fly around in this\u201d? The only reason people entertain those videos as evidence of UFOs is due to the perspective they bring to them.<\/p>\n<p>For me, those videos lack convincing power\u2014completely.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do we actually have? Essentially, we have little more than hearsay. There\u2019s more substantial evidence for the Abrahamic religions than there is for alien visitation. And many highly credible individuals with impressive titles genuinely believe in the Christian God, which is worth mentioning when discussing their testimonies.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, we have nothing. Now, they\u2019re resorting to more abstract ideas, claiming that the evidence is spiritual or that UFOs require an open mind rather than hard evidence. This seems to be a strategy to keep believers engaged, especially since they lack any tangible proof to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSome people seem to set a higher bar for evidence before they believe in something, leaving those drawn to mystical ideas satisfied while alienating those who seek real proof. I&#8217;ve found the topic fascinating, especially after learning about Grusch, who opened my eyes to the world of ufology. Before then, my knowledge was limited to&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/i-think-some-people-just-have-a-higher-standard-of-evidence-before-believing-in-something-and-the-woo-is-appeasing-those-prone-to-believing-and-alienating-those-still-seeking-any-evidence-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;I think some people just have a higher standard of evidence before believing in something, and the woo is appeasing those prone to believing and alienating those still seeking any evidence&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}