This pronouncement will no doubt cause a firestorm. Here’s the pull quote: “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid...
Science & Theology
Has NASA Successfully Tested a Warp Drive?
That’s the question raised in this article. And no, it’s not from a hair-brained source. There appears to be something to it (presuming the report is accurate that some of the chat comes from NASA engineers), though the testing has not been verified. This...
Science News Anticipated in The Facade and The Portent
This news item if course isn’t the only such element in either of my novels that have made it to public discourse after publication. I’ve blogged a number of them before. Just thought readers would enjoy this: The First Demonstration Of Self-Propelled...
Scientists (Again) Saying Junk DNA Isn’t Junk
One of the claims of ancient astronaut theorists is that the “non-coding” DNA in the human genome is alien — allegedly proving the intervention of extraterrestrials in human evolution in the ancient past. It’s a wonderful non sequitur:...
Plot Elements from The Portent In the News Since It Was Published
On the cover of The Portent (as was the case with The Facade before it) tells readers that the content elements of the storyline are all real. Some folks might think that’s just marketing. It isn’t. Since the release of The Portent this past August,...
Does Quantum Theory Need a Fundamental Correction?
For all of you who are interested in quantum mechanics, this article is fascinating and informative: “Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time?” I know it doesn’t specifically relate to UFO Religions (for my money, it’s...
Are UFOlogists Scientists?
That's the question Antonio Paris asked on the Aerial Phenomenon blog. Have a look - a nice graphic illustrating the difference between science and pseudoscience. Editor's note: added the image:
How Scientists Could Be Fooled Into Thinking They’ve Found Extraterrestrial Life
That’s the title of an interesting and appropriately cautionary essay by George Dvorsky. He also wrote a piece entitled “14 Intriguing Ways We Could Detect Signs Of An Alien Civilization.” Here’s another article on how scientists could also...
Boeing Acknowledges Anti-Gravity Project – Right out of The Facade
Nick Cook, long time writer for the prestigious Jane’s Defense Weekly and author of the book, The Hunt for Zero Point, has written a worthwhile essay on aerospace giant Boeing’s recent admission it is working on anti-gravity. The piece begins: Boeing, the...
Space Science: New Book on the Quest to Discover ET Life and the UFO Issue
This forthcoming book by Antonio Paris looks promising: Space Science: Challenges for the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis of UFO Phenomenon. The link says that the book will “addresses what the UFO community conveniently fails to address.” For what those...
Non Sequitur Thinking in Science – It’s a Problem There, Too.
Mostly in popular science, but not exclusively. I thought I’d post here on this because I tend to go after this issue most of the time over at PaleoBabble. But it’s an issue here. The most exotic context for this is, of course, the “That technology...
Is Speculation Science?
It is when it’s about the search for extraterrestrial life and panspermia. In yet another example of just this, I’d invite you all to read “Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy.” Have any of these planets actually been identified?...
Hypnotic Regression: A Critique
I’m still getting caught up on some items I want to make sure readers know about after my recent “finish The Portent draft or die” session of the last two weeks. A couple days ago I directed readers to Jack Brewer’s UFO Trail about true...
NASA and 3-D Printing
I had to say something about this recent article from DeZeen: “NASA Develops 3-D Printing Factory in Space.” I just finished the draft for The Portent, and there’s a scene in it that involves the marriage of nanotechnology (and/or synthetic biology)...
Element 115 “Discovered” (?)
For readers of The Facade , this recent story from Science Daily will sound very familiar. [Hat tip to Carl for alerting me to the link.] In my novel, the UFOs at AREA-51 were powered by Element 115, which was unknown to the outside world. That idea (also know to...