Thursday, October 16, 2008

Another casualty of the will to believe.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Damn those rascal Aliens for making a fool of me! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

I keep thinking what incredible theater this is.

Michael

Anonymous said...

Pathetic.

Anonymous said...

She really has no idea that she channels her inner mental illness.

This whole episode really depressed me, for a number of reasons. Mostly the will to believe from so many people - and the fact that it literally dropped ufology down a few more notches in the eyes of the masses.

Mac said...

I actually feel a little sorry for her. I get the feeling from this video that she might have actually believed her prediction.

Welcome to reality, Blossom.

Anonymous said...

The desire to worship super-human beings is still with us in the 21st Century.

A modern religion and Blossom is its Prophet.

*Sigh*

Anonymous said...

Hsve no fear! The Believers have adjusted! Not the Gregorian Calander, the Julian Calander! The date of Contact is now October 24th.

Anonymous said...

@ Mac

Oh, she absolutely believed that she was channelling alien. No doubt about that.

Mac said...

Bsti--

Seriously? And what, pray tell, will be the excuse when the 24th passes uneventfully?

Anonymous said...

Well, there's always the Romulan galactic calendar.

I believe the aliens will make themselves known on the 12th of Never, personally.

Anonymous said...

Mac, I'm keeping an eye on this. If it doesn't happen on 10/24, then it will be pushed up to 11/11.
But there are already back-up excuses for these dates that have already been used.
1. It was the fault of the non-believers.
2. It happened in a different dimensional timeline. Had we all believed enough, it would have happened in THIS timeline.

Mac said...

Bsti--

Ah -- the old "When Prophecy Fails" schtick.

Anonymous said...

"Ah -- the old "When Prophecy Fails" schtick."

Exactly. I can just picture Leon Festinger slowly shaking his head in bemusement and mourning, muttering about "cognitive dissonance redux." Or something like that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails