WELCOME TO AN ANALYSIS OF
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE DELUSION
Website of Larry Kusche
Author of
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery – Solved (1975)
and
The Disappearance of Flight 19 (1980)
Unless you recently arrived on our planet (most of us who reside here call it Earth) from some distant galaxy by exceeding the speed of light or traveling through a wormhole or an electronic cloud, you surely know about the Bermuda Triangle, a popular topic that captured the public mind in the 1970s and has been resuscitated in the 2000s. It’s baaack, the continuing subject of books, articles, TV documentaries, and – of course – the Internet.
If, however, you did arrive here from some other galaxy to capture those now-famous missing ships, boats, planes, and people in what is called the Bermuda Triangle, shame on you. That was not nice. Did you zap them to your future or your past, as some of the mystery writers (the Mysteryans) have declared? Do you have them on display on your home planets in your Galaxyland Park or Planetville Zoo? Or, if you are from some other galaxy but are not responsible for the “disappearances,” those who blame you (the Mysteryans) owe you an apology. You might even consider suing for defamation.
Those of us who remain here on Earth might be wondering if the Bermuda Triangle “mystery” really is important, after all these years. Is it worth our time to read or think or watch documentaries about it after so many stories have already been published and televised and repeated over and over?
The answer is, yes, the Bermuda Triangle is a very important subject, but probably not for the reason you might think.
The Bermuda Triangle is just one small part of a much larger, far more important problem: gullibility -- the willingness of so many people to believe almost anything, no matter how unlikely. Their easy acceptance of almost anything as truth because they have heard it repeated countless times, or because it is exciting but does not have the least bit of supporting evidence, is a reason for concern.
This abysmal lack of questioning, critical thinking, analysis, and skepticism (intellectual vacancy) is a problem that carries over into many other, far more important issues such as health, medicine, finance, investing, government policies, and, probably most crucial in these turbulent times: politics and elections.
The “mystery” of the Bermuda Triangle is one of many topics that exist today because of shoddy research, media bias, the ignore-ance of accurate, honest information if it conflicts with a person’s ingrained ideas, and the busy lives that subject people to avalanches of “information” that they do not take time to think about or analyze.
Skimming the surface, ignoring nuances, shallow thinking, not seeing the obvious (red flags), not asking questions, and reflexively following the emotions – are all-too-common aspects of our time, and the consequences can be devastating.
I am often asked to explain one of the Bermuda Triangle “mysteries” by people who apparently have accepted it as true. Rarely does anyone ask the more relevant and intelligent question -- “what is the source of the information, if any, that supports that “mystery,” and is that information accurate and reliable?”
To quote the popular late scientist Carl Sagan, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” The “evidence” for the Bermuda Triangle that has been provided by the Mysteryans is extraordinarily poor and misleading.
Although some people seem to be disappointed that the fantastical “explanations” are not true, I have found that the results of my searches for accurate information, seeing the methods used by the Mysteryans to distort the issues, seeing how the “mystery” was created and how it grew, are far more interesting than the alleged mystery itself.
11/4/13 Larry Kusche (Kusche rhymes with bush)
The Bermuda Triangle
If, however, you did arrive here from some other galaxy to capture those now-famous missing ships, boats, planes, and people in what is called the Bermuda Triangle, shame on you. That was not nice. Did you zap them to your future or your past, as some of the mystery writers (the Mysteryans) have declared? Do you have them on display on your home planets in your Galaxyland Park or Planetville Zoo? Or, if you are from some other galaxy but are not responsible for the “disappearances,” those who blame you (the Mysteryans) owe you an apology. You might even consider suing for defamation.
Those of us who remain here on Earth might be wondering if the Bermuda Triangle “mystery” really is important, after all these years. Is it worth our time to read or think or watch documentaries about it after so many stories have already been published and televised and repeated over and over?
The answer is, yes, the Bermuda Triangle is a very important subject, but probably not for the reason you might think.
The Bermuda Triangle is just one small part of a much larger, far more important problem: gullibility -- the willingness of so many people to believe almost anything, no matter how unlikely. Their easy acceptance of almost anything as truth because they have heard it repeated countless times, or because it is exciting but does not have the least bit of supporting evidence, is a reason for concern.
This abysmal lack of questioning, critical thinking, analysis, and skepticism (intellectual vacancy) is a problem that carries over into many other, far more important issues such as health, medicine, finance, investing, government policies, and, probably most crucial in these turbulent times: politics and elections.
The “mystery” of the Bermuda Triangle is one of many topics that exist today because of shoddy research, media bias, the ignore-ance of accurate, honest information if it conflicts with a person’s ingrained ideas, and the busy lives that subject people to avalanches of “information” that they do not take time to think about or analyze.
Skimming the surface, ignoring nuances, shallow thinking, not seeing the obvious (red flags), not asking questions, and reflexively following the emotions – are all-too-common aspects of our time, and the consequences can be devastating.
I am often asked to explain one of the Bermuda Triangle “mysteries” by people who apparently have accepted it as true. Rarely does anyone ask the more relevant and intelligent question -- “what is the source of the information, if any, that supports that “mystery,” and is that information accurate and reliable?”
To quote the popular late scientist Carl Sagan, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” The “evidence” for the Bermuda Triangle that has been provided by the Mysteryans is extraordinarily poor and misleading.
Although some people seem to be disappointed that the fantastical “explanations” are not true, I have found that the results of my searches for accurate information, seeing the methods used by the Mysteryans to distort the issues, seeing how the “mystery” was created and how it grew, are far more interesting than the alleged mystery itself.
11/4/13 Larry Kusche (Kusche rhymes with bush)
The Bermuda Triangle