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One evening on a canoe trip with my son, I saw three different aerial phenomena that I could not explain. This has led me to the conclusion that aliens are visiting us from other planets. Based on our course, what is the best analysis of this conclusion? No serious scientist believes in aliens. Everyone knows UFOs are not real, and the speaker is either delusional or lying. First person experiences furnish the best form of evidence. If you see it, it must be real. That's why you can see it! Therefore, the speaker has sufficient evidence for believing in alien visitations. Who can really know for sure? Nothing is certain. The speaker thinks aliens are visiting Earth, others believe they are not. The answer is probably somewhere in-between the two extreme views. While compelling and seemingly convincing, the issue is that the conclusion is based on first-person experience, which does not qualify as good evidence because too many factors can lead to false positives, such as 'apophenia,' or 'confirmation bias.' Also, it is too much of a leap to go from unexplained phenomena to proof of alien visitations.

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          One evening on a canoe trip with my son, I saw three different aerial phenomena that I could not explain. This has led me to the conclusion that aliens are visiting us from other planets.
Based on our course, what is the best analysis of this conclusion?
No serious scientist believes in aliens. Everyone knows UFOs are not real, and the speaker is either delusional or lying.
First person experiences furnish the best form of evidence. If you see it, it must be real. That's why you can see it! Therefore, the speaker has sufficient evidence for believing in alien visitations.
Who can really know for sure? Nothing is certain. The speaker thinks aliens are visiting Earth, others believe they are not. The answer is probably somewhere in-between the two extreme views.
While compelling and seemingly convincing, the issue is that the conclusion is based on first-person experience, which does not qualify as good evidence because too many factors can lead to false positives, such as 'apophenia,' or 'confirmation bias.' Also, it is too much of a leap to go from unexplained phenomena to proof of alien visitations.

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