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News Briefs 25-11-2014

Wake me when the gamma ray burst is coming…

Quote of the Day:

Our age has generated, and continues to generate, mythical material almost unparalleled in quantity and quality in the rich records of human imagination.

Jacques Vallee (on the UFO phenomenon)

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  1. Scepticism of the Third Kind: The Flying Baloney Monster
    Can there really be a form of skepticism beyond “militant skepticism?” And if there is, would it really be helpful?

    What is needed is more optimism, and optimism that translates into creative theorizing and experimentation. Any idiot can be a pathological denier and refuse to apply themselves in constructive endeavors.

    Although not every self-proclaimed Skeptic or Atheist is a pathological denier, these titles are increasingly associated with intellectual laziness and are becoming magnates for those who simply want a covering for their lack of social and professional maturity.

  2. Ebay: The Dark Underbelly of the Papyrus Trade
    … and perpetrator of “textual vandalism.”

    Scholars don’t even understand texts that were never lost, so they now turn their attention to ones supposedly being found! Puleeez.

  3. Auctions on eBay
    [quote=]Previously unknown papyri crop up only to vanish into private collections and out of the sight of scholars forever. [/quote]

    If scholars would learn how to ask nicely and stop automatically labeling the sellers and collectors as thieves to history then maybe they would be allowed to see the collections. How do I know this? because I am a collector. I never have bought a rare papyri or artifact off of eBay because let’s be real here there are a ton of fakes. Not every collector is doing this for the wrong reason. Good collectors, including myself, would never want to see an antique masterpiece cut up and sold piece by piece! Those sisters didn’t know what they had and probably could have gotten a lot more if it wasn’t taken apart. That is sad that it was destroyed and it pains me when I see that because I actually love history, anthropology, and archeology. I’ve been studying the legends of ancient societies for over 14 years now just for personal knowledge. I would love it if I could have a museum of antiquities that I would share with the world. But first I need millions of dollars and I just don’t have that kind of money. Nevertheless, there are bad sellers and buyers out there and we can’t deny it. I strongly believe eBay should regulate the antiquities it lists just as it regulates other illegal items such as ivory and animals. Obviously we not should be selling something stolen from the Israeli Antiquities Authority on eBay just as we shouldn’t be selling or buying an elephant tusk.

    But everyone reading this article and seeing this post should know something: eBay may be the dark underbelly, but my friend’s the rabbit hole goes way deeper and darker than eBay. Waaaaaay darker. And there are ways people can acquire items under the noses of authorities and scholars. This author can hammer eBay all he wants but please, he should be well aware that the black market goes darker than that.

    I stand by every honest collector and dealer.

  4. Gamma Ray Bursts and their Seemingly Dire Implications.
    “I would venture to suggest that in such More Vulnerable Galaxies ( where Long-Exposure Gamma-Ray Bursts are much more common ) Life Evolves DIFFERENTLY and more aggressively; hence it is truly possible that Super-Beings might be more common from such Galaxies! And this general idea might apply in regions of our own ‘Milky Way’ Galaxy!”:- JP Fenyo, Philosopher of Ethics, etc.

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