The unfortunate difference in our positions is that you could prove me wrong and end the debate by coming up with proof. I can never prove you wrong because I really can't prove a negative (namely, that aliens have NEVER visited earth, or that, at the very least, there is no credible evidence that they ever have). And so you can go on and on and on, pontificating about Type I and Type II errors, and going through all sorts of logical contortions which conveniently avoid having to prove anything. Lots of people have made lots of money over the years off of people like you.
Maybe I should create and sell a radio which I'll claim will allow people to contact aliens. It would be based on information gathered from abductees (har-har) as to the correct frequencies and such, although conveniently for me, you could never be sure which of the multitude of frequencies used by the aliens (according to the abductees, har-har again) they might actually be listening on. So, although I made the radio and sold it to you, and assured you that it could indeed be used to talk to the aliens that we both *know* are out there, the thing never actually works for you. And so you sit in your back yard, playing with your knobs, while I sit on a beach somewhere sipping a Mai Tai paid for with your money, which you willingly gave to me in exchange for a bogus "alien radio" made of spare parts from my last 3 PCs.
Voila! I'm Stanton Friedman II! I'm just hawking "alien radios" instead of books.
Whatever. Maybe some day, you'll be vindicated when the greys finally decide to beam down and say "Hi".
Enjoy your assumptions.
I don’t have much motivation to try and prove anything to naysayers.
It gets weary-ing for virtually negligible benefit.
Everyone will see far sooner than I’d prefer.
Besides, at some point, I’m a firm believer in folks who have a death grip on silly assumptions experiencing the harvest of their sowing.
I’ve had to experience the harvest of some of my silly assumptions. Far be it from me to rob any stubborn soul of their well deserved learning experiences.