Thread by @owenbroadcast

the reason the alien news isnt “sticking” or taking off for most people is that there is no meta-narrative provided. the people in charge arent telling them what to think about it.

they dont have their own meta narrative about this topic, so its just, bizarrely, useless info.

https://twitter.com/bizlet7/status/1684283771271409666

i was in new york city when brexit happened. whatever you thought about that, there was a period of a day or two where people didnt know what to think, because no one told them.

was this good or bad? they had no idea.

then, the framing dropped, and it was “bad”. its that simple

the meta-narrative (this is a part of XYZ and relates to ABC and is bad for these reasons, these ‘types’ of people are involved) took about 36 hours to kick in.

the noteworthy part of all alien disclosure news for many years is that no meta-narrative is ever provided, ever.

despite their facade, most people are actually very uncomfortable with the idea of the government lying ‘at scale’. they’re fine with a politician they dislike lying, but i don’t think normal people actually entertain the idea of large sweeping abject fake stories (personally).

when you talk to normal people about the alien stuff, i think the main thing you get isn’t skepticism. its lack of a larger narrative framework. they just dont know what to do with the information, because no one is telling them, so the main thing they feel is nothing or vexation

lyotard was a philosopher in the 1900s who dealt with postmodernism. one of his sound bites is: postmodernism is incredulity towards meta-narratives.

but imo its something else entirely when no meta-narrative is provided at all.

in terms of effect, its probably worse.

if youre reading things this morning, heres a thread about what the conventional idea of aliens could mean for a traditional christian meta-narrative:

https://twitter.com/owenbroadcast/status/1666223771764547585