A Paradox
The UFO=ET mythology can only be sustained and kept alive
through conspiracy theories, but many of the self proclaimed “experts” are trapped
in an in circulum probando logical fallacy.
This fallacy also known as Circular Argument happens when
an argument takes its proof from a factor within the argument itself, rather
than from an external one.
Consider the hypothetical cover-up. Presumably the
presence of extraterrestrial civilizations in our planet is a fact, but
governments and the whole scientific establishment conspire to deny such
presence to the public.
The mythologist will not give evidences of such a giant
conspiracy, simply because the cover-up includes the elimination of such
evidences.
That is why the exo-mythologist loves the cover up
fantasy, for the reason that such conspiracy gives him the possibility of
unlimited nonsense.
Besides, for the conspiracy theorists, anyone
denying the existence of a conspiracy becomes a coconspirator, and her/his
doubts are simply a trick of the cover up apparatus.
This is also a circular argument fallacy. For the ET
mythologists, there are no individuals who have different ideas. The critics
are always psyops, illuminati or employees of the “shadow government.” For the
snake oil sellers, those who make questions about the cover up just belong to
the cover-up, and with this the argument is closed.
