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In reply to the discussion: Radio host Art Bell dies at 72 [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,315 posts)You thought Art Bell was supposed to be a scientist. If you were listening to get peer reviewed conclusions you went to the wrong place. He was an entertainer. Or a facilitator of other entertainers. Guests he had on, or even callers that were adept at tall tale telling. Some listeners may have been taken by a guest or caller. Not myself, nor Art. At least he never really let on. He never really took sides or proclaimed his farout guests claims to be beyond doubt. He probably privately got a chuckle out of folks that actually believed a lot of the more outrageous stuff. But he also brought up subjects like UFOs and crop circles, both of which there are examples that are unexplained. He celebrated the human mind and all that it could come up with, both things that were unproven but had witnesses to effects with unexplained causes, and fantasical speculations ...ie. multiple dimensions etc..
It was not a show to celebrate past scientific accomplishments per say, it was to stimulate the possibilities of what could be, no matter how absurd they may sound, as walking on the moon sounded to HG Wells readers. That is the first step of scientific advancement.