Posthuman Blues

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; 8:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Pathetic.; 10:24 PM
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.; 11:07 PM
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.; 11:10 PM
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*; 4:10 AM
Anonymous said...: Hsve no fear! The Believers have adjusted! Not the Gregorian Calander, the Julian Calander! The date of Contact is now October 24th.; 2:56 PM
Anonymous said...: @ Mac

Oh, she absolutely believed that she was channelling alien. No doubt about that.; 5:29 PM
Mac said...: Bsti--

Seriously? And what, pray tell, will be the excuse when the 24th passes uneventfully?; 10:54 PM
Anonymous said...: Well, there's always the Romulan galactic calendar.

I believe the aliens will make themselves known on the 12th of Never, personally.; 3:20 PM
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.; 5:14 PM
Mac said...: Bsti--

Ah -- the old "When Prophecy Fails" schtick.; 5:18 PM
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; 10:44 PM

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