July 16, 2015

Bigfoot is not Paranormal

From Bigfoot Crossroads:

Bigfoot is not paranormal.

But how do you know? Nobody knows anything about bigfoot. It’s all theory and speculation!

I repeat, bigfoot is not paranormal.

Unfortunately, as with many aspects of life, the field of bigfoot research is not regulated. There are no tests, screenings, or applications to become a researcher. It is the same as being a cryptozoologist, one just merely has to claim being such and they are. To make matters even more convoluted, one does not even have to consider them self, or be considered by others, to be a bigfoot researcher before they are allowed to publicly throw out their own beliefs and ideas about the subject as though they are truths that are based on many, many years of tried and true research and investigation into the subject.

This would be the ugly truth about “everyone has the right to their opinion.”

The problem with having a field of study where there are no experts, is that it also creates a field where everyone is an expert. There is so much ridiculousness going on with our current system that people can make whatever claim they want, and defend it by using the “nobody is an expert” card against anyone that challenges their claim or disagrees with them. Do they not realize this applies to their claims as well?

So if everyone is entitled to an opinion regardless of how worthless those opinions are, no standards are in place to filter who can and can’t be a part of the “research community”, and everyone/no one is an expert, what does that leave us with?

Experience and education.

Those two things allow me to make definite claims such as bigfoot are not paranormal with confidence.

Oh, there’s also things like common sense and logical reasoning that allows one to reach similar conclusions. Sadly, those items are also severely lacking from this field. But I digress.

There is nothing about bigfoot in its appearance or behavior that would lead anyone with any of the aforementioned tributes to reach the conclusion that bigfoot is paranormal in nature. In fact, that conclusion could only be reached by lacking all of the previously mentioned qualities. Experience, education, common sense, logical reasoning.

I’m sure you’ve heard the term “ignorance of the law is no excuse”. Well that little quote applies to a lot more than the actual law. Just because you are ignorant of something, such as facts, does not make your claim or opinion true. Just as illogical reasoning does not make your conclusions correct.

Read the rest of the article here.

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