Open Culture: How Can We Know What is True? And What Is BS? Tips from Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman & Michael Shermer.
The latter [UFO believers], he says, uncritically seek out confirmation for their beliefs, where the scientists at SETI rigorously try to disprove hypotheses in order to rule out false claims.
Beautiful, and timely. The smart person sets about rubbishing the foundations, whereas the conspiracy-monger seeks more confirmatory connections sans skepticism.