Comment on UFO believer Ashton Forbes falls for $3k scam with fake evidence

paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Take away the grifters and the idiots, and there is no UAP scene

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• sploosh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s because the UAP scene is otherwise full of people who are willing to believe in almost anything with minimal, flimsy evidence.

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  • GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Existence is scary and we grab on to things that make us feel better.

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    • Tarkcanis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They don’t though, they grab on to things that terrify them… wait, are conspiracy theorists just psycological self masochists?

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well, there may be that. But to the point about comfort. A lot of the UAP community is focused on the metaphysical these days. The whole thing is considered a phenomenon and not just flying space ships. So they leave room for a wide range of reasons for it all apart from aliens from distant galaxies.

        So it’s basically an answer/ key to understanding existence and the afterlife for them.

        But yeah. Then there are the people who think it’s some secret collusion plot with 8 races of aliens and ruling earth or something.

        The variety of personalities actually lead to strife too.

        I find the scene interesting because there are laws being passed about UAPs. And I can’t help but be curious about the scene now that I’ve observed so much of it.

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• Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It makes sense though, doesn’t it? A community of people that refute reality in favor of what they want to believe, gets taken by people willing to use that against them?

  Play stupid games…

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