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our understanding of the universe. This is why widely known testi- monies, new discoveries and emerging scientific hypotheses will be used as a basis. Some will say that the intrinsic coherence of the pro- posed framework for recurrent parameters in tens of thousands of observations is remarkable. A wise man once said: “Debating only excites indigent minds. You know by experience, or you do not know.” This saying is deliberately rigid because far too often the opposite is fostered by critics, who not only voice their opinion about books they have never read, or read too fast, but who also judge experiences they have never had themselves. Bit by bit we build our truths on the unscrupulous or very sparse appreciation of certain people in the name of an objectivity the deeper meaning of which escapes us. Neutrality does not exist. Even neutrons have their anti-neutrons! Intellectual strabismus never leads to the truth. The mind, and its various limita- tions, favors the occurrence of inappropriate inferences. Experiencing doubt is necessary and of fundamental importance to our progress. I am in favor of clarified doubt. However, the gap between doubt and judgment is ignorance. Doubt already implies asking yourself ques- tions. This in itself is a sign of intelligence. Witnesses of unusual phenomena are generally met with insults. It is not so much the fear of the public condemnation of close ones, as long as it is just said in irony, but the personal attacks that render people silent. Our society is based first and foremost on testimony. It is the num- ber of witnesses, censors or interpreters that forges our beliefs. A can- did French comedian said something like: “The fact that so many 1 4 . a boar oat 1 people are wrong does not mean they are right.” We discover who we are by refraining from judgment! The more we give in to the game of judgment, the more it draws us into aberration, because sooner or later we will come to fear the judg- coat A testimony is always strange to someone who has not had any sim- ilar experiences. The one who sees is not the one with the handicap. Many people on Earth are contacted by ETs. There is a current in ufology called the lunatic fringe.* This movement is probably distrusted most of all, because it is easier to accept the existence of an unusual object than of a superior consciousness, or at least superior in intelligence. Let me stress the personal nature of my understanding of things. Some of my interpretations of phenomena may only reflect one facet of your own vision. One man cannot possibly encompass an entire 8 The Science of Extraterrestrials: UFOs Explained at Last * Eric Julien ment of others.