(February 1, 2016 at 12:17 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(February 1, 2016 at 12:04 am)scoobysnack Wrote: Sure, but something to keep in mind is revealing classified information is illegal, and the threat of jail or in more serious circumstances death, that's reason enough for information not to be made public. Also there are many scientists working on classified projects that don't make it into the public realm. There are people that come forward with bits of information, which this is an example of. Let me know what you think after watching the video. You may change your mind.
I'm skeptical as to whether certain governments would be able to keep information contained despite it not presenting any major risks to its peoples if made publicly available. This is a gray area. The Snowden revelations about government surveillance might be a good example. On its face, he did a good thing showing us potentially orwellian tendencies of certain western governments. How sure are we that this was a good thing, however? Do we know how much harm it did? - Certainly not.
Going from that to cover-ups of evidence of extraterestrial life is a big leap, however. Given what we know about the world, it's really quite the unbelievable assumption that governments might be hiding the fact that we're no longer alone.
I'll let others address this better. I know how absurd your scenario is, but I'm not exactly very well equipped to properly address your latest remarks about how scientific communities might be working in the dark on such a grand scale.
I think someone needs to show that the "classified information" was indeed classified, and not manufactured from whole cloth. I say this because if they were actually putting classified information on the street they would be cringing like Snowden. But they know they're not in trouble.
