Kooistra

Kooistra is a fourth-year NFL player in 2006 out of N.C. State.

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Kooistra, which originally appeared in the March 1992 Analog.

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The Bengals signed guard Scott Kooistra, one of the team's restricted free agents, to a one-year contract Monday.

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Kooistra complains that Shermer makes the false claim that SETI scientists start with a null hypothesis, while UFOlogists assume what they are out to prove.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Kooistra says that SETI and UFO researchers "use an_ identical_ form of reasoning to justify the _reasonableness_ of their research pursuits."

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Perhaps Shermer would have communicated with Kooistra better by saying that some UFOlogists "know" alien spaceships visit us _a priori_, a presumption SETI researchers do not make.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

Kooistra writes that Shermer lists "low quality evidence" as one of the UFOlogists "techniques," then seems stunned that Shermer cannot distinguish between techniques and evidence.

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Mr. Kooistra would quickly discover that his "polite conversation" would remain polite only until the True Believer realized that Kooistra was neither a fellow believer nor a ready convert.

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However, the key point seems to me to be that Kooistra believes that there is some positive evidence that supports UFO research.

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Kooistra writes "I'm sure with some polite conversation over coffee and via close questioning, I could get even the most enthusiastic of these [UFO] people to admit that the number of sightings doesn't actually _prove_ their case -- they were just being careless in the use of their language."

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004