In a similar vein, it occurs to me that any clever aliens wishing to visit earth would do well to make themselves look like the stereotypical scifi aliens, a la Communion or Close Encounters. If they were sighted, who would believe the stories?
Around the time the movie JFK came out, I heard somebody talking about the idea of a "benign conspiracy." The idea is that people don't actually have to be part of a conspiracy to help perpetuate it. All it takes is the widespread human tendency to reject ideas which wander too far from our expectations.
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Around the time the movie JFK came out, I heard somebody talking about the idea of a "benign conspiracy." The idea is that people don't actually have to be part of a conspiracy to help perpetuate it. All it takes is the widespread human tendency to reject ideas which wander too far from our expectations.
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I like the alien idea, by the bye. It explains so much.
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