Why People Believe Weird Things | Bullaki Science Podcast with Michael Shermer

Why People Believe Weird Things is one of the best sold books written by Michael Shermer. Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic. In this Bullaki Science Podcast we discuss the Pentagon UFO videos, the documentary “Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation”, the UFO entertainment business, “Mirage Man”, ancient civilizations, water memory and homeopathy, the paranormal, cold fusion, and quantum quackery and mysticism.
His new book “Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist” is available now amzn.to/32PPZMh. During this podcast we discussed topics included in his two other books “Why People Believe Weird Things” (amzn.to/35219jI) and “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye” (amzn.to/3lJTxbK). Michael’s full list of articles and books is available here: scholar.google.com/citations?...
You can find his course “Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist” here: www.thegreatcourses.com/cours...
Find out more: www.skeptics.com and / michaelshermer .
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Summary:
00:00 - UFOs: where is the evidence?
05:02 - New York Times UFO articles
08:38 - Luis Elizondo and To The Stars
15:59 - Bob Lazar and Element 115
30:05 - Linda Howe’s Alien Metal
33:29 - Ancient Civilizations (and Aliens)
47:17 - Steven Greer: Aliens + Transcendental Meditation
49:48 - The Fascination of the West with Eastern Religions
54:02 - Water memory and homeopathy
56:18 - The paranormal
01:01:37 - Relativism
01:02:35 - Cold Fusion, E-Cat
01:04:08 - Quantum Mysticism
01:06:13 - Funding Research on Weird Things
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[@mathiasguldborg6052]

How are radar experts onboard the uss nimitz "not better at observing than anyone else"??

[@BULLAKI]

Sure, where is the data from the radar?

[@mathiasguldborg6052]

@@BULLAKI I agree with you that there isn't any convincing data. But a witness report from Kevin Day, a retired Senior Chief Operations Specialist who specializes in radar systems with 20 years of experience, undoubtedly has more credibility than a witness report from a normal layman. (I am refuting the claim made by Michael Shermer at 5:44)

[@BULLAKI]

@@mathiasguldborg6052 I understand, but it's still irrelevant. In 2011 physicists from CERN announced particles travelling faster than light... in news outlets. Turned out there were issues with the instrumentation. In 1989 other physicists announced cold fusion. Another BS. The way science works is with solid data and reproducibility. Anecdotes might be good for debates, religious beliefs, courts of law, politics, etc., where it's all about narratives. Anecdotes have no place in science.

[@BULLAKI]

​@@erokson9412 I think the misunderstanding comes from how words are defined. You (or the UFO community) probably by "real data" mean something (including anecdotes) and scientists mean something else (raw data measured with different types of instruments). That's it. Problem solved. Hundreds of people apparently saw Jesus performing miracles, others saw flying carpets, others saw people flying or statues crying tears of blood, and so on. For these believes this is "real data". Scientists wouldn't consider that "real data", they acknowledge it's a matter of faith. The paradigm changes you are referring to, happened with "real data" as defined by scientists, and took place with in academic environments.

[@BULLAKI]

@Bill Katakis that would simply involve declassifying [x, y, (z maybe), time] coordinates for whatever object. That's a stupid [N x 4] matrix per object. You don't need to get specs from the radar. But even that doesn't tell you much. I guess the only solution would be to get a job there and find out ;-)

[@masterchief9661]

People who say that everything is non-weird are the most weird ones.

[@galacticlovelightandpeace1111]

We may not see eye-to-eye, but I still send much love and light and peace to him.

[@ultimatesunrise]

I think Bullaki is really Sacha Baron Cohen lol great interview 👌

[@beeson5450]

If you do a deep dive you will see overwhelming evidence from people at the top of their various professions. From Generals to top government officials. Their is overwhelming photographic and video evidence as well.

[@BULLAKI]

There will be a congress hearing tomorrow. I'm sure it will be interesting. Also intersting is the legislation they are trying to pass, which seems to be targeting Lockheed Martin et al. So far this is just talk, we would like to see physical evidence, i.e. samples that can be analysed in a lab.

[@rodrigovieirastudies]

The US ARMY is testing it as we speak. Damn. So many inaccuracies and ommitions... ughhhh.

[@BULLAKI]

👍 I'm sure there were plenty of omissions due to time limits. What do you suggest?

[@benhove6542]

Shermer wouldn't believe his husband was cheating on him unless he walked into the bedroom during the act. And even then he'd be skeptical.

[@BULLAKI]

You wrote: "Shermer wouldn't believe his husband was cheating on him...". We got the point, great analogy.

[@r3b3lvegan89]

L O FUCKING L no pun intended. we'll be waiting for ya Michael. too bad he's bought and institutionalized.

[@icegold4461]

Well said 🎯

[@michael-4k4000]

David Grusch would kick Sherman's butt 😳

[@alexanderkarl4025]

Is he a butt smoker? Who knew! lol!

[@gudmorning2871]

While talking interview media should have shown some pictures about new hidden images of ufo's cities etc from either from under the earth life or outside the earth life

[@BULLAKI]

👍

[@Flip495]

Trillions of stars systems I'd say it's safe to say there are advanced beings in the universe

[@d.s.5157]

Exactly so believing is not 'Weird' as stated in the video title !

[@pwoods100]

That's different than believing that aliens have actually visited our planet.

[@Flip495]

@@pwoods100 Humans are very hostile as history has proven.. known to shoot or kill something first that we don't understand then ask questions later

[@Rico-Suave_]

watched all of it

[@compy9123]

I don't believe that Leslie Keane has ever claimed ufos were of extraterrestrial origin; she does in fact have a desire, as most do, to know what these things are seemingly enjoying our skies.

[@realmetatron]

You are forgetting that the Navy is tracking these things with radar, and the fighter pilots have problems keeping up with the objects. They know exactly how fast these things are, and they also go into the water. You need to stop focusing on the videos. The reason we got blurry, cut, videos is because this alone doesn't help you. It's the fact that we know how fast these things move, and how they accelerate that makes it interesting.

[@BULLAKI]

👍

[@BushiBato]

"the pattern behind self deception" oh the irony through the years...

[@BULLAKI]

👍

[@kimbalcalkins6672]

Ezekiel describes a spacecraft ?

[@Doinitwell007]

Oh my god yes, they can erase records the matter with this guy

[@glarbdragon5328]

Man, these guys must have been pounding Hateraide right before they hit the record button. So lame

[@kimbalcalkins6672]

outside a rabbit hole is a sign saying "Dolly had braces"!

[@lawrenceiverson1924]

There's evidence in navy videos that's fairly convincing No?

[@michael-4k4000]

NO! There black and white, extremely low quality video, the military cameras are horrible for trying to prove something like 👍

[@RaikenXion]

It's only "weird" to you because you don't understand it, and neither care to even try open your mind and understand.

[@pmd7771969]

yeah michael flying saucers dont exist. thats why i have 100s of videos of them and sts 48 shuttle footage of e.t. craft in space.........this guy is named after an angel. lol. that he doesnt believe in im sure.

[@zachvanslyke4341]

Why people believe that a species a few hundred thousand years old are already advanced enough to explain all phenomena under the sun🤡

[@yaqoubalshatti205]

I think Bob probably lied about his qualification. But really that's not the best counter argument. The many problem is all he puts forward is a story and a bunch of claims we cannot verify. He comes off as sincere. But fuck that. I don't believe something because it is coming from a credible person, only believe things based on the evidence.

[@temporalsingularity4264]

"maybe in Russia" ..... Extraordinary claim....

[@BULLAKI]

I don't know about Russia, but there are places where this happens.

[@immobileaf9762]

Haven’t they carbon dated rocks to be tens of thousands of years in which alloy tools were in? Sometimes it’s hundreds of thousands/millions

[@ultimatesunrise]

Negative.. there were tools like the hammer famously found but it had something to do with how the iron interacted with the rock strata

[@d.s.5157]

So Shermer thinks there is no other intelligent life in the universe and anyone who does is weird ! He'd also think other dimensions and levels of existence are weird 😂! If he lived 500 years ago and someone told him there is this force called electricity that can power devices he'd call them weird.

[@pwoods100]

"So Shermer thinks there is no other intelligent life in the universe and anyone who does is weird !" Where in the video did he quote this?

[@rodlbaton8950]

Who needs proof? ... when you have bob lazar on the mix of the tape?? Just listen to what he what he says or that’s all, if you believe ...him, that’s all you need to hear!😮😊

[@TheWizeGod74]

He not a skeptic he dismissalist, how about that contribution to science. Dismissalist- definition coming soon.

[@BULLAKI]

🤣 although I might disagree, this neologism works perfectly. You should add it to urban dictionary.

[@Apistevist]

I'd argue you're dismissing valid critiques in favor of your hopes of the story being true.

[@Apistevist]

@F. Bev. Are you religious?

[@alexnahan969]

Debunked claims are not dismissalist lol you just have no education.

[@fondoman3884]

.. for me Bob Lazar fantasy story is at best cartoony .. there criminals and psychopaths who can lie straightfaced to you and make you believe they are your saviour angel

[@Tristan-jt3id]

Shut up with the alien nonsense, admit these are real unknown objects.

[@BULLAKI]

which ones?

[@TheWizeGod74]

@@BULLAKI according to your guest speaker, all these objects are unidentifiable, even when you mentioned certain possibilities for a identification of the objects he denied that so he don’t even think the objects are unknown, so they not known or unknown but we definitely can’t take any eye witness evidence or any other form of evidence. Be he can speak on contributions to science? Very interesting man.

[@alexnahan969]

@@TheWizeGod74 You think anecdotes is a form of evidence lol. I saw you murder someone I guess your guiltily then.

[@TERRENCEJJR]

The same dullards who believe in Aliens also believe in Bigfoot lol. They always "seen" one.