"Motivated reasoning (motivational reasoning bias)
is a cognitive and social response in which individuals, consciously or sub-consciously, allow emotion-loaded motivational biases to affect how new information is perceived. Individuals tend to favor evidence that coincides with their current beliefs and reject new information that contradicts them, despite contrary evidence. Motivated reasoning overlaps with confirmation bias. Both favor evidence supporting one's beliefs, at the same time dismissing contradictory evidence. However, confirmation bias is mainly a sub-conscious (innate) cognitive bias. In contrast, motivated reasoning (motivational bias) is a sub-conscious or conscious process by which one's emotions control the evidence supported or dismissed"
: "When you're a hammer, the whole world is a nail."
UFOs may have very low massA simple physics lesson holds the clues One of the most basic laws of physics is
A=F/M, meaning the acceleration of an object (A) is equal to the force (F) applied to the object divided by the mass (M) of the object...
So, if the Tic Tac had mass (M), its unheard-of acceleration (A) must either have arisen because an astonishingly high force (F) was applied to it, or from the Tic Tac having extremely low mass (M). And notice that nothing in the equation says that the force must come from an internal engine. (e.g. rocket, jet, or rotor).
It's entirely possible to propel something, such as a BB or marble, with an external force, the advantage being you can lighten the craft by eliminating the weight of fuel and the engine.Speaking of which, NASA, in its quest to speed up (increase A) spacecraft by making them much lighter (decreasing M), has developed "Lightcraft" that have no engine or fuel of their own, but
are propelled by directed energy beams such as lasers and microwaves. NASA has built small versions of these and flown them, as you can see in the flying saucer-shaped hovering object below.Laser-propelled Lightecraft in midair.Source: NASALightcraft work because even though directed energy beams that push on them have no mass, the beams carry tremendous momentum due to "photon pressure," and thus produce a large amount of force (F).NASA has also tested "light sails" that use solar radiation or space-based directed energy to push spacecraft to velocities unattainable with rockets. It's worth noting that the directed energy beams, both microwaves and many wavelengths of laser energy, are invisible to the eye, making it appear to an external observer that the objects are self-propelled .Could the mysterious "objects" described by naval aviators have achieved astonishing accelerations because they were ultra-light laser-propelled reflectors as shown here?
And if so, were the objects in question of terrestrial or extraterrestrial origin? We don't know the answers
. But one thing we do know is that such light craft do not, as has been suggested, "defy the laws of physics."Or, they may have no mass
Anyone whose ever seen a laser light show will tell you that it's possible to paint images in the air with lasers, and it's further possible to move these images around in the literal blink of an eye."
Laser-propelled Lightecraft in midair
