ATS is Down...Maybe for the count

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

All things reach the inevitable end of cycle, ATS included. Met my husband there, made good friends who have stood the test of time. Fond memories still remain but in all honesty the cliquishness was worse than junior high school and I hadn't been there in ages.

I think it's so cool you met your husband there.  2 people with a mind for conspiracies, paranormal, etc, meet and hit it off from a random conspiracy website.

You're right about the second part though, unfortunately.  Also for a conspiracy site, there sure were some closed-minded bastards.  I appreciate skeptics, they're important in getting to the truth of things.  Shutting down anything that doesn't fit somebody's worldview is something else entirely.  I have 2 family members who are scientists, and they're some of the most closed-minded people I've ever met.  I'm not saying that about all scientists, but a lot of them do have that holier-than-thou attitude.

I can agree with you on that! We've got everything from tattoo artists to engineers running space projects in our family, seems like the more degrees one has the more closed minded the individual except in rare cases. I've learned over the years that the tattoo artist is much smarter than the engineer (who believes himself smarter than the tattoo artist). The engineer believes himself to be smarter than everyone else so he never questions what he was taught as truth, the tattoo artist has never stopped seeking knowledge and questions his own perspective as well as others so will never stop learning. Scientist or not? Maybe the egos that are drawn to similar fields more so than actual occupation.