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Another Fake UFO Report. Why Do So Many People Still Believe They're Out There? (gizmodo.com)
2 points by rntn 74 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



For many people, UFO's*, believing in them, and talking about that belief satisfy a number of very basic human emotional needs.

Similar to telling happy believers in $Deity that they are gullible/delusional/wrong, telling UFO believers otherwise is pretty unlikely to improve things.

*In the SciFi/aliens sense. If you're reaching for your Audubon Field Guide To North American Mammals, then what you see is probably a bat or flying squirrel.




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