tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post2683833285994613195..comments2024-02-16T11:41:37.696-05:00Comments on Todd Seavey: BOOK NOTE: “Witness to Roswell” by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. SchmittTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-74715227566270602702014-05-20T12:13:41.912-04:002014-05-20T12:13:41.912-04:00I don't know what to do with this information ...I don't know what to do with this information that something is improving in the realm of online debate.jdhttp://jackiedanicki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-64809747553812098142014-05-20T10:39:29.149-04:002014-05-20T10:39:29.149-04:00Absolutely. One of numerous complex questions the...Absolutely. One of numerous complex questions the skeptic/believer tensions raises is how much patience one must show (so to speak) when Case #101 is presented if Cases #1-100 were all absurd. It's tricky. <br /><br />Overall, though, I'm pleased that the social media era seems to have made dialogue between believers and skeptics more common. <br /><br />I know the conventional wisdom is that it's easier than ever to fission off -- but you also sometimes see things like (roughly speaking) believer teams (on TV and online) including one skeptic as a sounding board and a reminder of proper methodology nowadays and skeptics pleased by "the weird cases" in a more non-frowny-faced way than in past years, I think. <br /><br />My overall impression is that curiosity and humor are becoming slightly more common and mutual contempt slightly less so, comment-thread swearing notwithstanding. <br /><br />(And with that, I must exit for now to see movies about giant lizards and mutants.)Todd Seaveyhttp://twitter.com/ToddSeaveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-3478358407309318712014-05-20T10:27:28.274-04:002014-05-20T10:27:28.274-04:00I never trust contempt expressed prior to investig...I never trust contempt expressed prior to investigation. Shouldn't this be a tenet of skeptic best practices?jdhttp://jackiedanicki.comnoreply@blogger.com