tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2780326387798511389.post3630559754549280675..comments2008-09-26T19:00:03.509-07:00Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2780326387798511389.post-28607987901520739822008-09-25T12:57:00.000-07:002008-09-25T12:57:00.000-07:00Thompson: the only thing I'll respond to is your comment, in your comment, about Capp's comment -- he made it, I didn't. I find it ironic and funny you would find something wrong with an ad hom about someone's face, seeing as how you make ad homs yourself all the time, and, freely acknowledge doing so, with glee, with relish, with delight.Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2780326387798511389.post-48129305516856570092008-09-25T11:53:00.000-07:002008-09-25T11:53:00.000-07:00Hi, there. Semi-frequent object of your scorn Brian Thompson here. I didn't see this episode of Monster Quest, so I won't try to defend Joe Nickell's methods here. However, I have spoken to the guy and interviewed him for my podcast, which you can listen to here:<BR/>http://www.amateurscientist.org/2008/02/amateur-scientist-podcast-episode-14.html<BR/><BR/>Painting him as being condescending to witnesses and believers is simply wrong. His position, which has been restated many times by both him and his colleague Benjamin Radford, is that while some witnesses to the fantastic or seemingly paranormal are frauds or mentally disturbed, the vast majority of them are simply intelligent people who are mistaken. I think you'll agree that even the smartest of us can be fooled, especially if we've never learned about how easily the mind can play tricks.<BR/><BR/>Nickell and Radford both cringe at being called debunkers, but I personally don't see anything wrong with the term. You deride Nickell as a "professional skeptic", but isn't that what any investigator is supposed to be? If a detective believes everything a witness tells him without question, do you think he'd solve many cases?<BR/><BR/>No matter the motivation going into an investigation (to prove a paranormal event or debunk it), the evidence that is presented from the investigation should be the only rubric. You can dismiss Nickell as a "debunker", but your judgment of his results should be based solely on the strength of his evidence.<BR/><BR/>Or are you content with such biting and insightful criticism as Mr. Capp's comment above? "His face is scary"? What does that even mean?B. Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05219616598692996883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2780326387798511389.post-52841676778496943122008-09-20T19:03:00.000-07:002008-09-20T19:03:00.000-07:00Oh -- you mean a klasskurtxian! [g].<BR/><BR/>alienview@roadrunner.com<BR/>&gt; www.AlienView.net<BR/>&gt;&gt; AVG Blog -- http://alienviewgroup.blogspot.com/<BR/>&gt;&gt;&gt; U F O M a g a z i n e -- www.ufomag.com<b>Alfred Lehmberg</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02028589165474437987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2780326387798511389.post-86849627354957703992008-09-20T10:01:00.000-07:002008-09-20T10:01:00.000-07:00Dear Regan,<BR/>I first want to say was going to check your post out before I maid a mental note of it only I forgot I have to brain to put it in, anyway when I saw that Monster Quest I thought I bet that is what she was talking about. <BR/>I,m going to make mince meat out of that guy. He shows still photographs of otters taken out of videos. I want to watch the videos of the otter, after all, that is closer to real life; we don't see in still images. Lets see the video, let the witnesses view it and at the end, asked them what they have viewed. He's a bushy, what I call a good front man. It's nice to look at but there is no beef. His assumption is, because these people are not trained observers and smart enough they were mistaken(fools). <BR/>You should do a post about it, just kidding.<BR/>What he did was quite deceitful. Off course a photo graph can show many things but what they like us to think is that we see that way. <BR/> <BR/>I think I am going to find a video of otters take some photo shots out, where they look like sharks, and claim people should be seeing sharks in that lake. <BR/>The witnesses, God love them, usually don't come well on this type show, but as you say they did pretty dame good. <BR/>Their not perfect, no ones is saying they are, but they basically tell the truth. <BR/><BR/>I have a video I put up on You Tube where I have a very scary clip of this guy describing what type of people we are. His face is scary. He was commenting on how these sightings of... what ever, get around, causing more sightings. He describes us; witnesses of these phenomenon, in almost peon terms. The impression he gave me was, we were just a bother nothing more. It was on "In Search Of". This guy excuse my French has been pissing me off for some time. He deserves a closer look.<BR/><BR/>Joe Capp<BR/>UFO Media Matters <BR/>Non-Commercial BlogJoseph Capphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428219762980782866noreply@blogger.com