one of our most prominent and enduring superstitions is the belief in UFOs
superstitions is the belief in UFOs
superstitions is the belief in UFOs unidentified flying objects or
unidentified flying objects or
unidentified flying objects or spacecraft from other planets now even
spacecraft from other planets now even
spacecraft from other planets now even if you don’t believe in little green men
if you don’t believe in little green men
if you don’t believe in little green men beliefs in UFOs may still tell us
beliefs in UFOs may still tell us
beliefs in UFOs may still tell us something profound about how our minds
something profound about how our minds
something profound about how our minds work pay attention I want you to listen
work pay attention I want you to listen
work pay attention I want you to listen to the following three pieces of
to the following three pieces of
to the following three pieces of information on July 18th 1954 an object
information on July 18th 1954 an object
information on July 18th 1954 an object was seen in the sky above Wichita Kansas
was seen in the sky above Wichita Kansas
was seen in the sky above Wichita Kansas and a local resident snapped this photo
and a local resident snapped this photo
and a local resident snapped this photo of it
second on that same night the US Air
second on that same night the US Air Force reported an unknown object that
Force reported an unknown object that
Force reported an unknown object that had entered military airspace near
had entered military airspace near
had entered military airspace near Wichita and also on July 18th
Wichita and also on July 18th
Wichita and also on July 18th many residents near Wichita reported
many residents near Wichita reported
many residents near Wichita reported strange weather lightning strong winds
strange weather lightning strong winds
strange weather lightning strong winds and power outages all of which raises
and power outages all of which raises
and power outages all of which raises the question what was the option above
the question what was the option above
the question what was the option above Wichita that night put it had been a UFO
okay no there was no UFO over Wichita
okay no there was no UFO over Wichita that night and we weren’t really
that night and we weren’t really
that night and we weren’t really expecting you to start believing in UFOs
expecting you to start believing in UFOs
expecting you to start believing in UFOs that wasn’t really the point of what we
that wasn’t really the point of what we
that wasn’t really the point of what we were trying to do is to trigger a
were trying to do is to trigger a
were trying to do is to trigger a process in your brain a process that may
process in your brain a process that may
process in your brain a process that may lie at the heart of many superstitions
lie at the heart of many superstitions
lie at the heart of many superstitions let’s take a look at our three pieces of
let’s take a look at our three pieces of
let’s take a look at our three pieces of information the photo the Air Force
information the photo the Air Force
information the photo the Air Force report in the screen the weather the
report in the screen the weather the
report in the screen the weather the photo on its own doesn’t seem so
photo on its own doesn’t seem so
photo on its own doesn’t seem so compelling even in the days before
compelling even in the days before
compelling even in the days before Photoshop it wasn’t too hard to fake
Photoshop it wasn’t too hard to fake
Photoshop it wasn’t too hard to fake something like that in the Air Force
something like that in the Air Force
something like that in the Air Force report well
report well
report well unexplained blips on radar might not be
unexplained blips on radar might not be
unexplained blips on radar might not be that too infrequent and the weather well
that too infrequent and the weather well
that too infrequent and the weather well Wichita’s in the middle of Tornado Alley
Wichita’s in the middle of Tornado Alley
Wichita’s in the middle of Tornado Alley after all but somehow when you put all
after all but somehow when you put all
after all but somehow when you put all these facts together they start to seem
these facts together they start to seem
these facts together they start to seem more compelling why here is the paradox
more compelling why here is the paradox
more compelling why here is the paradox of coincidences on the one hand it’s
of coincidences on the one hand it’s
of coincidences on the one hand it’s perfectly reasonable to doubt in them
perfectly reasonable to doubt in them
perfectly reasonable to doubt in them since by definition they’re extremely
since by definition they’re extremely
since by definition they’re extremely unlikely but on the other hand they’re
unlikely but on the other hand they’re
unlikely but on the other hand they’re bound to occur all the time to somebody
bound to occur all the time to somebody
bound to occur all the time to somebody somewhere and in today’s wired
somewhere and in today’s wired
somewhere and in today’s wired globalized world we’re likely to hear
globalized world we’re likely to hear
globalized world we’re likely to hear about strange coincidences when they
about strange coincidences when they
about strange coincidences when they happen so think about it could it be
happen so think about it could it be
happen so think about it could it be that our modern technology is actually
that our modern technology is actually
that our modern technology is actually making us more superstitious
making us more superstitious
making us more superstitious you
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