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How a Skeptic Gets Into Trouble.  Episode 5: If the Foot Fits, Wear It.  

3/4/2013

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SKEPTIC:  Please tell me that you don’t really believe bigfoot exists.

BELIEVER:  It could be true.  You can’t prove it isn’t.

SKEPTIC:  Of course not.  But I can’t prove flying saucers and leprechauns don’t exist either, but until someone traps a leprechaun or introduces me to E.T. I’m going to be skeptical.

BELIEVER:  But they have pictures of bigfoot. They have footprints.  They have film.  Heck, there’s even a TV show. 

SKEPTIC:  Next, you’re going to tell me “Gilligan’s Island” is a documentary. A few fuzzy photos, some fake footprints, and some jokester in a gorilla suit doesn’t prove anything.

BELIEVER:  Maybe they’re just really good at hiding. How do you know?

SKEPTIC:  Okay, explain this: assuming these hairy giants exist, they must be rare right?

BELIEVER:  Probably.

SKEPTIC:  So, how do they find each other to breed?

BELIEVER:  Maybe they meet in secret places.

SKEPTIC:  …and where are the dead bigfeet?

BELIEVER:  I think that’s bigfoots. Maybe they’re spirit animals. That’s it! They go straight to the spirit realm.

SKEPTIC:  You keep moving the goal posts.

BELIEVER:  Maybe they don’t have to mate.  Maybe they’re immortal.

SKEPTIC:  It’s not getting any more convincing.

BELIEVER:  I got it! The flying saucers pick up the bodies.  That’s why we don’t--

SKEPTIC:  —and that is what you might call a “Hail Mary.”

BELIEVER:  That’s the problem with you skeptics.  You lack imagination.

SKEPTIC:   (sigh) It gets lonely in an evidence-based universe.


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Carl Nelson link
3/7/2013 12:25:32 am

You probably don't believe in Hobbits either, even though we've ALL seen the movie.

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