{"id":669,"date":"2025-03-09T15:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/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\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:05:23","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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/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\/","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 have a higher threshold for evidence before accepting something as true, which often creates conflict between those who are easily swayed by unverified claims and those still searching for concrete evidence. The topic of UFOs piqued my interest after hearing about David Grusch&#8217;s claims, particularly since I had previously only a cursory knowledge of ufology, mostly related to the Roswell incident. Watching the Joe Rogan episode with Ryan Fravor further deepened my curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>However, after nearly two years of following this topic closely, I must stress that, for me, there&#8217;s very little to get genuinely excited about.<\/p>\n<p>While Grusch&#8217;s assertions were intriguing, they ultimately lack supporting evidence. It&#8217;s become clear that he&#8217;s relaying statements from various individuals with impressive titles\u2014like Luis Elizondo, who has a penchant for the bizarre\u2014but that doesn&#8217;t substantiate his claims, even when stated under oath. I could easily say, \u201cA senior intelligence official told me we have alien spacecraft,\u201d and if that official were Elizondo, I wouldn\u2019t be lying, but it still wouldn\u2019t be credible.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Grusch&#8217;s revelations turned out to be less dramatic and convincing than they might have seemed at first.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond this, we really have no concrete evidence of alien visitation\u2014absolutely none. Sure, we have eyewitness accounts, including those from pilots and military personnel, which are certainly compelling.<\/p>\n<p>But they simply don\u2019t suffice. Despite the multitude of eyewitness testimonies, the only tangible \u201cevidence\u201d we have includes the FLIR, Gimbal, and GoFast videos. To me, these clips are far from convincing.<\/p>\n<p>Consider this: if you weren&#8217;t already invested in the UFO narrative and were shown those videos, you wouldn&#8217;t conclude they depict advanced alien life that traveled light-years to visit Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The reason some view those videos as evidence of UFOs is that they approach them with a specific mindset. To me, those videos are unconvincing\u2014totally unconvincing.<\/p>\n<p>So what actually exists beyond hearsay? We are left with remarkably little; in fact, there may be more evidence supporting Abrahamic religions than there is for alien visitation. Notably, many of the highly respectable people in this field genuinely believe in the Christian God, which is something to consider as you evaluate their credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, we have nothing substantial. Now, the narrative is shifting toward the abstract, promoting the idea that spiritual connections and an open mind are all that&#8217;s needed\u2014rather than any hard evidence. This approach seems necessary to keep believers engaged because, frankly, there\u2019s nothing concrete to show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nSome people have a higher threshold for evidence before accepting something as true, which often creates conflict between those who are easily swayed by unverified claims and those still searching for concrete evidence. The topic of UFOs piqued my interest after hearing about David Grusch&#8217;s claims, particularly since I had previously only a cursory knowledge&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/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\/\" 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":163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669","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\/669","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=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}