Why do tall tale tellers proliferate?
As we have seen in the introduction, belief in extraterrestrial beings has deeply religious fundamentals. Consequently, it is natural that these ideas proliferate when there is freedom of belief. The idea of someone controlling what one must believe ( or do not believe) is terrifying, but in order to permit that real freedom of thought exists, it should be guaranteed an education good enough to enable us to think critically. Many of the beliefs (involving UFO’s or not) end up in massive suicides (to get on the hypothetical flying saucer that came hidden behind comet Hale-Bopp) or to hide criminal activities. And UFO issues are unquestionably harmless if compared for example, with the deaths provoked by alternative medicines. Obviously in a market economy, such a wide clientele of believers cannot be left unnoticed. Any writing on flying saucers, Bermuda Triangle or astrology sells much more than a science text written for the public in general. This is no surprise, as one who writes sc
