I do agree with Spinoza's Dictum, that one should not disagree with the point of belittling the other person's POV (paraphrasing), although I do skirt the edges occasionally. I will at times poke fun at certain ideas, but if someone comes to me in all seriousness, I will listen to what they say and given my counterpoint in a logical manner. I DON'T think people who believe in UFOs are stupid. I DO think that many of the people who do believe have been duped by others who present their case in a sophisticated way. On its surface, there is no reason to think that those doing the duping are liars. But unfortunately many of them are.
But in all seriousness, if someone believes in UFOs, so what? Unless they try to force it to be taught as truth in a classroom, or use it to justify repressive or violent behavior, it hurts no one.
There is a really brilliant mathematician at my school that believes the Earth is approximately 6000 years old. He is still a brilliant mathematician, just wrong about the age of the Earth.
Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
