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UAPs and Aliens
I should start with a joke. This one time, at band camp… It feels like that initial laugh is needed to break a barrier so we can at least put something interesting on the table. I have had weird experiences throughout my life. UFOs, out of body experiences, a ghost, and as an adult- tulpas. I am usually willing to share anecdotes about my experiences, but I also know, they do not rise to the level of evidence for anything. I am not a disciplined scientist. Many of the encounters with ‘external’ experiences happened in childhood and adolescents. I was a weird kid. Heck, I am a weird adult. Is it my experiences that keep me hooked? Is it my hope that I see a world that we could create? Not a perfect world, but one with less suffering? It is my belief humans can do better, and it only takes a little inspiration. Are anecdotes inspiring, or mental clutter?
Rich Cohen, in his 2019 article, More UFOs Than Ever Before, articulated an interesting point that even today, when rereading it, I am bifurcated emotionally. I think he has a point. In times of changes, humans look to external stimuli and likely escalate meaning of innocuous experiences in order to generate sufficient resolve to not give up. It’s a reasonable speculation. There is anecdotal evidence to support that as a theory. His speculative reasoning also irritates me; is there no room that…
