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Bigfoot evidence gathering flowchart
While it is understood that the reliable evidence for the existence of Bigfoot is non-existent, would it be more beneficial for Bigfootry to stop clouding the 'evidence pool' with crappy evidence?
IOW- Would zero footer evidence be better for bigfootry than a Footer-mobile full of crap evidence? Following is a flow chart depicting how I picture some elements of Bigfootry determining if a footprint is worth plaster-casting and adding to the mountain of worthless wall hangings. ![]() |
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This criticism is meant in the most constructive of ways: A flowchart if it has arrows, rather than lines.
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That made me laugh. nice one. just one suggestion, constructive I hope. How about adding a self check of bottles of beer drank. ie; under ten, cast it, over ten go home to bed. Keep it rigorous i say! awkward questions may be asked by your bigfootie peers later. Maybe.
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Sweet...
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Blobfeet!
You forgot blobfeet! Gotta "flowchart" them also! |
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"I dont call that evolution, I call that the survival of the fittest." - Bulletmaker "I thought skeptics would usually point towards a hoax rather than a group being duped." - makaya325 Kit is not a skeptic. He is a former Bigfoot believer that changed his position to that of non believer.- Crowlogic |
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Nice chart!
But, to answer the OP: Any meme, which for its justification relies on unclear, unconvincing, and unreliable evidence, must not invite the scientific method or critical thinking, if it is to survive. These methods are completely antagonistic to that meme, and would destroy it from within, like a virus. The best defense for this kind of meme is to create easy entry for a large populous of believers, who feel they can contribute valuable support to that meme. When a critical mass is reached, ignorance and blind belief become the primary product generated by this machine, rather than science or analysis. And the sheer volume of this ignorance and belief can then easily wash away any attacks which reason may attempt, in the same way a hurricane, fueled by hot air, need pay no attention to anything that has the audacity to assail it. |
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Until better evidence is provided, the best solution to the PGF is that it is a man in a suit. -Astrophotographer. 2 prints, 1 trackway, same 'dermals'? 'Unfortunately no' says Meldrum. I want to see bigfoot throw a pig... Is that wrong? -LTC8K6 |
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Is the flowchart going to chart stuff that can flow ?
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"I dont call that evolution, I call that the survival of the fittest." - Bulletmaker "I thought skeptics would usually point towards a hoax rather than a group being duped." - makaya325 Kit is not a skeptic. He is a former Bigfoot believer that changed his position to that of non believer.- Crowlogic |
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Sure. ![]() Here is some bad science, for ya... tyr13 wroted:
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When asked for a little evidence (weak or strong) to support his proposals....the scientifically-minded Correa produced the following: Ummmmmmmm.... Well, you see... Ummmmmmmm... Well, you know...maybe.... Ummmmmmm.....Well, I'll get back to you on that... Oh....almost forgot...RayG initially proposed the idea that Bigfoot, if it is a real animal, may not be a Primate. Whence-upon being asked (by me) for some alternative family group to "Primate", that Bigfoot may indeed belong to, he replied with this scientific answer: Ummmmmmm.... Lets' see..... Ummmmmmm...How about........ Hmmmmmm....Golly, I'll have to get back to you on that... (Now that is some good ol' fashioned syentiffic thinkin', ain't it! ![]() |
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The wisdom of Diogenes.... "So far, I am not aware of any evidence which indicates with any degree of likeliness, however small, that Bigfoot creatures exist....anywhere in the world." tyr13: "There is no proof of bigfoot so there is no proof that bigfoot isn't a bear." |
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Holy distortion of arguments, Batman!
You know Sweaty, IF we were actually proposing bigfeet are real and are marsupials or bears, then PERHAPS you would have a point. But, since unfortunately for you, we are actually mocking the pseudoscientific babble called cryptozoology (subspecies bigfootery, variety SweatyYeti's reasonings), once again you fumbled... Deriving conclusions from bad data is bad science. Since there are no pieces of reliable evidence to back the claim bigfet are real, then mid-tarsal breaks, IMs from PGF, "bigfeet did it" conclusions obtained from Gaussian curves derived from alleged footprint casts, behavior patterns inferred from sighting reports, ascribing bigfeet to gigantopithecus (or paranthropus, meganthropus, etc.), all this stuff is junk science. And no ammount of obfuscations, diversions and smileys can hide this. |
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Well, my original statement included the condition..."IF Bigfoot were real..." ....and Ray responded to it by proposing that Bigfoot...IF IT IS A REAL ANIMAL...may belong to some family group other than Primate. So.....if neither Ray, nor you, are proposing any other group that Bigfoot may belong to, besides Primate, then neither you nor Ray can SUPPORT Ray's suggestion with anything of substance.........right?! ![]() Apparently, then, you would agree that there is no other 'family group', alive today, which fits the common description of Bigfoot. Is that correct?
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Every bit of analysis ever done on the evidence for Bigfoot is junk science??? That seems like a rather extreme judgement to make, to me. Here is a relevant, and timely, article about such 'extreme' skepticism... http://www.dailygrail.com/news/psych...of-the-skeptic A couple of quotes from it:
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The wisdom of Diogenes.... "So far, I am not aware of any evidence which indicates with any degree of likeliness, however small, that Bigfoot creatures exist....anywhere in the world." tyr13: "There is no proof of bigfoot so there is no proof that bigfoot isn't a bear." |
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If Bigfoot were real, I believe to be a troll. Big hairy ones with no critical thinking skills.
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We are dealing with this issue in the reliable evidence thread. Sweaty has been asked to address the evidence claims of Bigfoot such as alleged prints that often show a number of digits that is not in line with primate morphology. He has refused to address the issue based on the assertion that doing so would qualify as a new discussion.
![]() Sweaty has been asked to deal with other evidence claims that are not in line with the assumption that Bigfoot is a mere primate. Specifically Sweaty has been asked to explain why he indicated that a Bigfoot/alien hypothesis is completely, ridiculously, laughably silly. This is of particular interest given the fact that Sweaty believes in not only Bigfoot but also E.T. visitation to Earth and Martian civilization. After repeated requests to address the subject not only is his silence of note but also his above sarcasm loses its bite. Here is a link to the most recent page of the thread where the discussion is occurring: http://www.internationalskeptics.com...93#post4187393 |
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Until better evidence is provided, the best solution to the PGF is that it is a man in a suit. -Astrophotographer. 2 prints, 1 trackway, same 'dermals'? 'Unfortunately no' says Meldrum. I want to see bigfoot throw a pig... Is that wrong? -LTC8K6 |
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Well, you see... ![]() "We interrupt this program to bring you these special song lyrics...courtesy of Cat Stevens... Longer boats are coming to win us... They're coming to win us, they're coming to win us... Longer boats are coming to win us Hold on to the shore.... They'll be taking the key from the door. I don't want no God on my lawn Just a flower......I can help along... ![]() 'Cause the soul of no-body knows How a flower grows....Oh, how a flower grows... We now return you to your regularly-scheduled programming." .....and so, that's why I haven't commented on the Alien/Bigfoot thing. |
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I love Cat Stevens. I hate evasion.
You do whatever you need to to avoid anything that shows weakness in your arguments. We like Cat. |
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Until better evidence is provided, the best solution to the PGF is that it is a man in a suit. -Astrophotographer. 2 prints, 1 trackway, same 'dermals'? 'Unfortunately no' says Meldrum. I want to see bigfoot throw a pig... Is that wrong? -LTC8K6 |
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Well, I guess that's one positivewe can take out of our debates....we both like Cat Stevens' music. ![]() As for the Alien/Supernatural Bigfoot theory, though, it'll be a mighty long time before I ever get into debating that wacky 'theory'. I figure it this way....it's hard enough trying to pin down a Bigfoot that's stuck inside these 3 dimensions, with us....it's another ballgame altogether to try to figure-out exactly what the deal is with a Bigfoot that pops in and out between universes... ![]() |
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The wisdom of Diogenes.... "So far, I am not aware of any evidence which indicates with any degree of likeliness, however small, that Bigfoot creatures exist....anywhere in the world." tyr13: "There is no proof of bigfoot so there is no proof that bigfoot isn't a bear." |
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Sweaty, there's no escape to the fact that you are -once again- evading the real issues and distorting arguments. Arguments which so far you have not been able to propperly counter. In a nutshell- Since you don't have reliable evidences to back the claim bigfeet are real, all that you have are nothing but speculations wich are impossible to verify.
I am eargerly awaiting your answers to the questions I made at the "evidence" thread. One more example of distortion and quote mining from your part. The examples I presented (mid-tarsal breaks, IMs from PGF, "bigfeet did it" conclusions obtained from Gaussian curves derived from alleged footprint casts, behavior patterns inferred from sighting reports, ascribing bigfeet to gigantopithecus or paranthropus, meganthropus, etc.), are, IMHO, junk science. Do they cover "every bit of analysis ever done on the evidence for Bigfoot"? BTW, I am ready to expose (again) the reasons why I reached this conclusion. What about starting a thread on mid-tarsal breaks, for example? I suspect that the best works about bigfeet made so far reached conclusions othen than "bigfeet didit"... |
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Sorry, I got the impression...from your list...that you were basically 'ragging' on all of the scientific analysis that's been done on all of the evidence for Bigfoot. Can you give some examples of some types of Bigfoot evidence which have had resonable, legitimate scientific analysis done to them (in your opinion)? Also....can you provide 2 examples of Bigfoot evidence which could qualify as... "reliable evidence for Bigfoot's existence, while not proving it's existence"? |
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Sure >>>Can you give some examples of some types of Bigfoot evidence which have had resonable, legitimate scientific analysis done to them (in your opinion)? The Snelgrove DNA/hair, Meldrum's casts, Various scat- all "proved" to be nothing >>>Also....can you provide 2 examples of Bigfoot evidence which could qualify as... "reliable evidence for Bigfoot's existence, while not proving it's existence"? Sure, any of the above that rated above either nothing or inconclusive |
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Originally Posted by SweatyYeti
Kathy Strain's book probably is a good collection of myths and legends, but it doesn't look like a real "scientific" work, seems to be aimed towards the general public. I haven't read it yet but seems to be OK from a social/cultural antropology POV - even though I do not think real bigfeet lie at the sasquatch myths' core.
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Correa Neto wrote:
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Here are your examples, from post #16 of the "Reliable Evidence" thread:
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I'll re-post this response of mine over on the "Reliable Evidence" thread, and continue the discussion there. I'll comment on those examples later. In the meantime...can you provide a few examples of evidence which don't qualify as "Reliable evidence for Bigfoot's existence", but are only of moderate strength, regarding Bigfoot's existence? |
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It kills me to help Sweaty out here but I think everyone is misunderstanding his question.
What I think he's looking for is some evidence that hasn't been completely shot down by the 'skeptics', and/or isn't considered to be total crap. Is there anything out there that makes us so-called skeptics take notice? Or anything that makes us cringe just a little, or that we dismiss more from emotion than reason? I had hoped the Georgia boyz were going to provide something decent but like all the rest it ended up being total bigfoot dung. |
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That's right, Sweaty. Well said. I think your logic is weirdo and I often find debating something with you to be like greasing a seal but it's not like we hate eachother. For future reference good music references make me a big suck.
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Remember when Burgstahler said he saw one "popping in" and he saw first the internal organs materializing? Maybe it's like Hollow man. Maybe he was on to something but he was wrong about the interdimensional stuff. What makes your theory better? Giant bipedal non-human primates living all across the continent and the world being seen hundreds of times a year without a single type specimen to show for it? Are you nuts? |
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Did anyone save my Flow chart from the opening post?
I can't find it anywhere. |
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You mean there is a flow chart?
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No flow chart over here.
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I remember it, but can't find it.
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What a fool believes, no wise man has the power to reason away. What seems to be, is always better than nothing. 2 prints, same midtarsal crock..., I mean break? |
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Thanks to the awesome team here at JREF, I was able to retrieve my flowchart from the archives.
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LOLOL....I do those charts all the time at work. I might have to save this and make a small poster.
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