According to a survey conducted by research firm Ipsos, one in five people worldwide believe that there are aliens on Earth disguised as people. I wonder how many believe they’re disguised as cars and kitchen appliances. Is that really any less probable? The numbers also indicate that believers also skew younger and male-er, which is great news for marketers I suppose.
But what’s particularly fascinating – enough to make me not want to make bad jokes anyway – is the percentages for sceptics and believers from place to place. What makes a believer in India as opposed to one in the Netherlands? And why leave out Africa and the Middle East entirely? [GOOD]
ozoneocean
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 12:02 AM…and Greenland, Mongolia, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Norway… Lotta places not in there. Must be hard to do global surveys I suppose. I wonder how many people from each country made up the samples?
glennc
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 9:16 AMi don’t rule it out. my beliefs need some proof however. judging by the dumbass cars and kitchen appliances comment, this guy is a sceptic.
Ric
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 1:28 PMI reckoned he mentioned cars and kitchen appliances because he just saw the Transformers movie:)
Mike
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 10:24 AMLol. I do rule it out. People are killed in accidents every day, if there really are aliens in a 1-5 ratio living among us, we would have seen one by now in post mortem op.
Osiris Fox
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 11:39 AMSeconded.
Skylar
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 11:47 AMUnless they are super intelligent, and able to make sure those ‘Accidents’ happen to other people.
Jeff
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 11:44 AMLooks like Mike doesn’t read.
nicky
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 11:49 AMi used to believe they existed ‘out there’, but i recently saw a doco pretty much saying that it’s impossible because life on earth as we know it is so random, the chances of it happening twice are near impossible
olearymo
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 12:01 PMyou seem easily swayed, nicky?
mark
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 11:51 AMpeople I work with are proof that they walk among us