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I don't doubt that there will be some that close the book. Maybe even a third. I have heard this before though, of course. With Erickson, and with Ketchum and with Daisy in a Box and with, well who knows how many different times. I do agree that this one will be a pretty tough blow to Footery in general. Obviously nothing of note can really be said until the results are published.

But there will certainly still be a strong core of bleevers who will just shrug it off and say that Sykes was not given the correct samples.
 
One third of Bigfoot believers suddenly become deniers? Not a chance. Nothing has ever caused meaningful damage and I don't think anything could. Bigfootery is a cherished pastime and a significant social realm for so many. They don't just walk away. Nothing that some scientist says or writes is going to have much effect.
 
^^ That is pretty much what I am thinking as well. But then I struggle with the idea of what could he publish that will survive a rigorous peer review yet still somehow ( other than leaving the question completely unresolved and basically not examined) leave the door open for Sasquatch and his reputation intact?
 
dmaker said:
^^ That is pretty much what I am thinking as well. But then I struggle with the idea of what could he publish that will survive a rigorous peer review yet still somehow ( other than leaving the question completely unresolved and basically not examined) leave the door open for Sasquatch and his reputation intact?
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Believers of any ilk are reknowned for misinterpreting or deliberately misrepresenting out of context quotes from scientific papers that they believe support their particular woo.

This then becomes Believer Dogma.
For footers it is gorilla discovery, Giganto molars, "tiny" set of human fossils, native peoples myths and legends... this is an obviously an incomplete list.
 
The existence of Bigfoot is not falsifiable, people's belief in them will never die out just like people's belief in God.

Its a pity as leprechauns are cuter, why can't these people believe in them instead.
 
William Parcher said:
One third of Bigfoot believers suddenly become deniers? Not a chance. ....
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No, not the hard-core believers. The interested. The curious. The people who came to footery via Finding Bigfoot or FB/FB. The people whose hairdresser heard it from a client who had a cousin whose friend had a sighting. Without any sort of evidence to back up the assertion that I am about to make, I'd warrant that this type make up the majority of BF enthusiasts..........and these will be the people who drift away when Sykes delivers.

Anyone noticed how quiet bigfootery has become, lately? Has there been a sighting, a video, a photograph to stir the interest since Ketchum's vanity publication? I think that non-event sent a whole lot of people away from the topic (again, I have little evidence for this), and the Sykes thing will just be a continuation of that trend. IMO.

Mike
 
Jodie said:
No, I think the footers are in for a let down, yet again.
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All they need is one sample that couldn't be identified for any reason.

Anything not positively tagged will be seized as evidence of bigfoot.

Any anomaly will work for them.

If one sample comes back as contaminated, they will say it validates Ketchum...
It's not contaminated, it's what bigfoot DNA is...
 
Um, dude, you should do some research on Robert Lindsay before you put any money on this being true.
 
ChrisBFRPKY said:
I invited all skeptics to a crow banquet but it seems like there are no takers? Why is that? There's something I vaguely remember about folks that won't admit being wrong, what was that? I can't remember.
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I admit I'm wrong every day. No need to eat crow because the skeptical viewpoint in regard to bigfoot is the correct one. Even if the monkey is shown. Do you understand why?
 
LTC8K6 said:
All they need is one sample that couldn't be identified for any reason.

Anything not positively tagged will be seized as evidence of bigfoot.

Any anomaly will work for them.

If one sample comes back as contaminated, they will say it validates Ketchum...
It's not contaminated, it's what bigfoot DNA is...
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One primate sample that is not presently in the species DNA/Gene bank will do.

A sample of primate DNA that is unknown will do.

If one sample comes back as contaminated then there are no results for that sample other than it was contaminated. You can't just drop a few drops of chimp blood in with a little human blood and get Bigfoot DNA. You'll either get a complete DNA sample of one or a contaminated sample of both.

If you think Dr Sykes is not up to the task, that'd be way off the deep end of denial. Bryan Sykes is top in his field. If he has even one true sample, and I'm thinking he does, unknown primate DNA will be obtained. Get ready, It's coming.
 
Resume said:
I admit I'm wrong every day. No need to eat crow because the skeptical viewpoint in regard to bigfoot is the correct one. Even if the monkey is shown. Do you understand why?
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Yes, I understand why the need to be skeptical.

Do you understand how to be skeptical?
 
elkabong51 said:
Um, dude, you should do some research on Robert Lindsay before you put any money on this being true.
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I know everything I need to know about Lindsay. I'm not defending Robert Lindsay, only Dr. Sykes. And I stand by my statement. It's coming.
 
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