Mars
Essays

In the early days of Ufology, researchers appeared too eager to verify sightings, which they then interpreted as evidence of 'nuts and bolts' spacecraft piloted by intelligent EBEs. Like numerous deities and other extraterrestrial visitors, EBEs are generally held to be concerned about human conduct. This concern was widely reported in the spate of UFO sightings after the Second World War and the beginnings of the nuclear age. Sensationalist reports merging with Hollywood fantasy led to a distancing of orthodox science from Ufology. Explanations offered by Ufologists frequently ignored Occam's razor, which is a rule against multiplying entities or - in general terms - a rule which says don't involve extraordinary hypotheses until the ordinary ones have been eliminated. The apparent resistance to falsification also contributed to Ufology's lack of credibility. However, modern Ufologists, such as Jenny Randles and Paul Fuller of the British Unidentified Flying Object Research Association (BUFORA), are strict adherents to Popperian-inspired scientific methodology, enthusiastically seeking to falsify EBE explanations and providing explanations which are acceptable to orthodox scientific opinion. In this respect the modern Ufologist is a debunker rather than a myth-spinning believer. Explanations in terms of atmospheric phenomena, hallucinations or hoaxes are generally expected from BUFORA publications. Over the years the BUFORA standpoint has been vindicated. So much 'confirmatory' evidence has been demonstrably unreliable. Photographs, which were once considered as hard evidence, are now held to have zero credibility because of the likelihood of fakes. With the advent of sophisticated image-manipulation computers whose work is undetectable, photographs unsupported by other reliable confirmatory evidence are unacceptable. Eye witness reports are also problematic as they are frequently influenced by psychological and cultural factors.

Strathern, O. (2007). A Brief History of the Future. New York: Carroll and Graf.

¶ … theories regarding plate tectonics, with the researcher contending that as Mars tectonics cannot currently be confirmed, more research, including two geophysical methods the researcher would utilize to test the ***…

This paper focuses on philosophy and film. It provides 18 short-answer essay responses to questions about films and articles addressing philosophical questions of the mind. The films addressed include Stranger than Fiction, Inception, Memento, Total Recall, The Matrix, and Being John Malkovich.

Even from the early ages, people have believed in the existence of supernatural forces that can either help or harm them. Every nation has had its supernatural beings they believed in.

What are the growing problems of ethnic tensions and violence in the developing world?

The Affect of Disney Culture on American Society

The recent earthquake and tsunami that beset Japan last March 11, 2011 made people around the world aware of the effects faults in bringing about these disasters. Faults are fractures or cracks in the earth's crust that…

The spreading of the seafloor under the Red Sea offers researchers a chance to study several important areas of science and apply what is learned to a better understanding of earth, earth's history, and perhaps other…

This essay examines some of the non-literary sources of information on ancient Roman religion, and particularly those spaces which demonstrate a confluence of the religious, political, and social. By examining three such spaces in detail, one can begin to appreciate how the centrality of Roman religion evidenced itself at every level of Roman life and representation. Ultimately, one is able to appreciate how non-literary sources of information on Roman religion can offer valuable insights into ancient practices and belief, above and beyond the understanding offered by literary sources.