The mission of TESkepS-UFO is to apply a broadly critical and philosophical, purely rational, approach to the subject. In an attempt to bring clarity to the subject, we will organize, with TEUFOS, Truth Engine debates between believers and skeptics.
We have cast the Truth Engine method of dialectics as a debate game called The Game of a Trillion Worlds (GoaTW). For the rules of the game, see How to play the game
In general, a GoaTW debate on a topic happens in an open-ended series, or a tournament, of debates on that topic. The primary tournament on the topic of UFOs is the Great UFO Tournament. In this tournament, believers debate with the skeptics. Individual TESkepS chapters can organize local tournaments.
The affirmative resolution for all the believer-vs-skeptic UFO debates of the Great UFO Tournament is: "Some UFOs are otherworldly devices." The negatives are "No UFOs are otherworldly devices," and "The arguments for the affirmative are not convincing."
In all the debates of the Great UFO Tournament, TEUFOS members (the affirmative) will debate members of TESkepS. A Joint Committee will edit the TE article.
The TE article for the Great UFO Tournament is The UFO Dialectic, Part 1. (For an explanation of the role of the companion article in Truth Engine debate, see the Logos
Suggestions for changing the companion article, The UFO Dialectic, Part 1, will be developed within the TEUFOS and TESkepS chapters. The members of each chapter will select the best suggestions and will send them to the Joint Committee where they may be integrated into the article.
We intend to publish the debate videos in the Encyclopedia of Truth and in the Truth Engine Chronicle.
The Truth Engine is a for-profit organization; we do not wish to be dependent on donations, rather we seek compensation for providing people with something of value.As of now, there are no local chapters of TESkepS-UFO.
Joining the League of Dialecticians is separate from joining a Truth Engine society. To join TESkepS-UFO, submit your request to contact@truthenginedebate.com.
Go to the games; videos and the companion book, The UFO Dialectic