UFO misperceptions - samples

[zenmaster]

The opposite is also true, skeptics employ 'selective closed-mindedness' for things that do not fit with their own paradigms and understanding. Even those in the research field. The door swings both ways, equally

It should be obvious that 'the opposite' is also true. Although from what I've seen the ardent 'believers', on the whole, tend to be more fantasy prone, less methodical, and more given to wish-fulfillment when promoting their 'belief'. It's dishonesty when a limited worldview is not accounted for (zealotry betrays honesty) when information is shared. If you over-extend or fabricate a claim, you are lying to yourself and others - as Ra said 'not teaching what you are learning'.

When we talk about skeptics and believers, we are always talking about how unfalsifiable, not generally understood, yet some how compelling, information is created and shared. The dishonest skeptic will tend to think they posses the knowledge necessary to explain the subject, where they don't. Whether that is due to reductionism, materialism, denial, or whatever. OTOH, the dishonest believer will promote possibilities (as historical reality) only if they like what the implications of an idea suggest to them.

So with the dishonest believer you often have some claim being promoted because it is unconsciously associated with some higher-guiding belief, suspicion, or ideal. The claim (conspiracy, would-be historical fact, personal experience) is used (mostly unconsciously) as a support, vehicle, or delivery mechanism for the (more important) belief, suspicion, or ideal.