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- >>>This is a response to the text entitled, "INSIDE UFOLOGY" dated
- January, 1989, downloaded from PARANET NODE ALPHA.<<<
-
- The recent INSIDE UFOLOGY article presented the possibility
- that a medical anomaly might be an "alien implant." The "implant" was
- described as assuredly non-metallic (since an MRI did not "rip it right
- out of her") and that its removal would be extremely dangerous, because
- of its "proximity to the crucial nerve."
-
- First of all--as pointed out--the M in MRI stands for
- magnetic. The REAL truth is that MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance
- Imaging. (Actually, it used to be called NMRI--Nuclear Magnetic
- Resonance Imaging, but the Nuclear was dropped for fear that the public
- would connote that with radiation.) An MRI works by magnetically
- alligning the nuclei in each cell in a certain direction. This allows
- images which are highly resolved, and tumors and anomalies are therefore
- seen more readily. An MRI places NO magnetic pull on any molecule. If
- this were true, an MRI would be contraindicated for any patient having
- any type of medical implant--a simple amalgam filling, for example.
-
- Second, the proximity of the "implant" to the crucial nerve
- would not make its removal dangerous at all. Why not? Because there IS
- no crucial nerve. In fact, if this particular patient does have a
- "crucial" nerve, then I believe we definitely have an alien on our
- hands. Not likely.
-
- Why am I raising a fuss about these two seemily small points?
- Because I feel that gross inaccuracies as these is the primary reason
- few serious reporters and researchers take ufology seriously. This is
- not likely to change, until ufology researchers become better versed in
- the scientific method and the basic sciences. Science-fiction authors,
- artists, and other dreamers are unlikely to help the cause of ufology by
- proposing preposterous explanations of scientific observations. Contra,
- they are VERY likely to hurt the cause, as they become the easy targets
- of those who DO have the proper background and they can be easily
- led and manipulated.
-
- It is not my purpose, here, to detract from ufology or from
- those who have a serious interest in ufology. Doubtless, most following
- the recent developments are well-intentioned and sincere individuals.
- However, for the good of the investigation, it is necessary to be able
- to scientificaaly verify ALL theories and explanations if the truth is
- ever to be learned.
-
- Certainly, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck,
- then in all probability, it's a duck. However, during the past year such a
- myriad conflicting documents, theories, explanations and accusations
- have been circulating, that I myself find it necessary to discount
- almost everything. If Moore, Lear, Cooper, and the rest have ANY real
- evidence, then let's see it. Either sh*t or get off the pot. All we
- have so far is a quackless duck. The amusing question remains: where
- (or, more appropriately, who) are the quacks?
-
-
- Respectfully submitted,
- Dr. Eric Andrews
- 71261,1555