tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post114715109893120861..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-1147223195599160422006-05-09T20:06:00.000-05:002006-05-09T20:06:00.000-05:00BTW, I second Paul's recommendation for "The Abduc...BTW, I second Paul's recommendation for "The Abduction Enigma." It's no-holds barred but, remarkably enough for a "debunking" tome, well-informed.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-1147221918657501432006-05-09T19:45:00.000-05:002006-05-09T19:45:00.000-05:00Clancy may claim she's writing about abductions an...Clancy may claim she's writing about abductions and not UFOs -- which is itself debatable -- but she has a bothersome tendency to wax ufological when she has no clue what she's talking about, as if sleep psychology and crashed saucers are contents of the same bag. <BR/><BR/>Whatever one thinks of the issue, her epistemology is in shambles. And it does certainly seem like this is a "personal" shot at Mack.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-1147179897676116502006-05-09T08:04:00.000-05:002006-05-09T08:04:00.000-05:00Mac:Yeah, Stan rips Clancy a new one, not that she...Mac:<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Stan rips Clancy a new one, not that she cares. Still, I don't think her book can be dismissed quite so easily - she wasn't writing about UFOS, after all. Still, given that it was written and published under the imprimatur of Harvard University Press, one would have expected some basic fact checking.<BR/><BR/>Then again, some of Stan's stuff has been a bit dodgy as well (i.e. the Gerald Anderson fiasco in Crash at Corona), and lord knows that ufology is replete with "authors" who just seem to make stuff up.<BR/><BR/>In which case, perhaps Clancy's book is perfect!<BR/><BR/>Paul<BR/><BR/>P.S. I say again - The Abduction Enigma by Randle et al is the must-read for the skeptical take on abductions.Paul Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08804735930733797952noreply@blogger.com