Anecdotal Evidence

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So say we believe them a bit more... What practical difference does this make to anything? Especially if there's no evidence to work with? We... do what? I really don't get it. We haven't gained any information of any practical importance. We're already well on the look out for alien life and such, what more can we do? All I can gather from what you're saying is that we should start to question our actual methods, because what we think we know is getting contradicted by some verbal accounts. Am I right? If so, I find this is simply absurd.

I've never said that an anecdote didn't happen as described. I'm just discussing the likelihood that it did. This sounds eerily like the argument from ignorance. People report all kinds of shit all the time. How exactly do we tell the difference between ones to be taken seriously and ones that shouldn't? And what should we do with them, other than investigate further? When there is no evidence, there's nothing to investigate.

Re evaluate your assumptions based on science? What does this mean please, regarding the above example? I have no idea what you're saying. So aliens visited us. What's this got to do with science? I have no idea what you think science is at this point. Or what you think the alternative is. This really needs addressing as it seems to be a problem for many of your posts on this forum. Science is an umbrella term for the best tools at our disposal. If there's a problem with them, we look to improve them. There is no arbitrary cut off point. Again, what real problem are you talking about?

This will be my last attempt as I'm struggling to find any actual relevance to this whole discussion. I'm really trying. If we believed these accounts, then it sounds like the aliens have technology we're not familiar with allowing seemingly impossible travel speeds. The problems are to do with distance, not their existence. I have no idea why you think "science" is telling us there is probably no other life. Where did this come from? We've discovered hundreds of planets similar to ours, which may well support life. I've only ever heard scientists say that the probability that there is more life out there, somewhere, is high.