Colin Bennett: "Cultural Skepticism"

Colin Bennett is a Fortean writer I’ve long admired. And possibly it’s just my imagination, but it seems to me Bennett, in typical Fortean manner, is both known and respected even while, at the same time, utterly ignored.

His article Scepticism as Mystique in the current issue of UFO Magazine is astounding. Amazing. Right on. It seems to me it hasn’t received much comment, at least not on any of the UFO and Fortean blogs and usual places.

Although this is what George P. Hansen, author of the equally brilliant The Trickster and the Paranormal, has to say about the article:

"Scepticism as Mystique is fabulous, and radical. It's easily the best essay I've read on sceptics in many, many years. It could be a bolt of lightening for those far outside the Fortean community" George Hansen, author of The Trickster and the Paranormal.

 
And the Anomalist noted:

In Scepticism as Mystique Colin Bennett has penned what may just become the ultimate treatise against ufology and Forteana's worst enemy, a mindset that he labels "cultural skepticism".

You can catch up with Bennett on his blog/website The Combat Diaries.