tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post3312026501645898369..comments2023-12-19T09:40:12.020-08:00Comments on The Emoluments of Mars: "Whatever happens, I'm right" --Richard Hoagland, pseudoscientistexpathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-15418910214965242732011-08-23T14:15:14.595-07:002011-08-23T14:15:14.595-07:00Francisco,
Hoagland is primarily driven by ego ...Francisco,<br /> Hoagland is primarily driven by ego and commercial interests. The FB page is just a way to maintain his fan base. All talk of mutual learning and such is just that, talk. He is selling Hoagland's View of the World(tm), which means that anything not connected to that view (and thus not marketable as Hoagland's Own) gets dumped into the memory hole. You were useful to him in a radio conversation, but he doesn't really care what you (or anyone) thinks.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-46800307581595994452011-08-23T12:37:26.569-07:002011-08-23T12:37:26.569-07:00I first hear hoaxland in 1991? I called Art alot b...I first hear hoaxland in 1991? I called Art alot back then and in 1997 i told RCH that if there is anything 'out there' its us i.e. us from the past or something to that effect. RCH said in response 'i like to sit down and talk with this guy'. Well I showed up a week later to San Diego and RCH refused to talk, ignored me and acted like he never spoke to me! <br /><br />Then in 2006 we talked; but i did not talk about anything, i was asking him about things and his response was you got to pay to hear me. The last time i paid was 2008 in LA when I was a day early looking for him sitting at the bar i called over to Richard to come over and i said to him 'thanks you Richard i no longer believe in god'. He said we need to talk! The next day i tried to talk with him put this Red head chief of security Robin would not let me talk to him, so I waited in line after his boring talk and crappy pictures and when i got to him he would not look up, would not make any eye contact it was then that i started calling him Richard Hoaxland. <br /><br />My posts get deleted most of the time from his page and i get attacked on FB. In may I got 100's of hate mail for the post that suggested Hoaxland gives little or no credit to others namely Andrew D.Basiago. On Coast a caller asked Hoaxland about Basiago's life on mars paper and Hoaxland called him a 'nut'. When i posted that Hoaxland is the lone nut that can't play with others 100's of Hoaxies attacked me on FB. <br /><br />My only defense to FB was that i have followed Hoaxland for 20 years and that Dick is a lier!Dontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276511641022226155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-81830515368776208262011-08-18T15:08:18.997-07:002011-08-18T15:08:18.997-07:00So what is left is the most gullible among us. Tha...<i>So what is left is the most gullible among us. That these same people are also the least likely to be able to afford his books and DVDs is just an interesting irony.</i><br /><br />These same people are also the ones who can sit through 3 hours of Hoagland and think they are hearing something profound.<br /><br />I'm not a psychologist but I think I'm on to something here.strahlungsamtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-54716697301001017082011-08-18T01:49:23.163-07:002011-08-18T01:49:23.163-07:00Let's acknowledge the great poet Alexander Pop...Let's acknowledge the great poet Alexander Pope; in whose Essay on Man, Epistle II<br />the quote occurs:<br /><br />Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan;<br />The proper study of mankind is man.<br />Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,<br />A being darkly wise, and rudely great:<br />With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,<br />With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride,<br />He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;<br />In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;<br />In doubt his mind or body to prefer;<br />Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;<br />Alike in ignorance, his reason such,<br />Whether he thinks too little, or too much:<br />Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;<br />Still by himself abused, or disabused;<br />Created half to rise, and half to fall;<br />Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;<br />Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:<br />The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!Biological_Unithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321950739186432108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-9636682293707723442011-08-17T06:06:26.938-07:002011-08-17T06:06:26.938-07:00BU,
I'm pretty sure thievery involves taking ...BU,<br /> I'm pretty sure thievery involves taking something of value. :)<br /><br />Oh for those who don't know, Hoagie has come up with another grand excuse why all those space ships NASA keeps taking pictures of look "natural". Apparently, the beings who built them used nanotechnology that used the natural materials of the asteroid/moon/comet to build the ship. Praise the gods of unfalsifiablity.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-31505809437966690232011-08-17T01:28:19.774-07:002011-08-17T01:28:19.774-07:00Let's thank whoever uploaded that awful confer...Let's thank whoever uploaded that awful conference<br /><br />that took guts<br />you know<br />it's thievery<br />but bad can be goodBiological_Unithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321950739186432108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-55371868038572779922011-08-16T16:42:34.670-07:002011-08-16T16:42:34.670-07:00My guess is gullibility is a requirement for hangi...My guess is gullibility is a requirement for hanging out with Hoagland 24/7. :)Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-44412267618707075322011-08-16T16:28:40.509-07:002011-08-16T16:28:40.509-07:00I sincerely hope those good, hard-working, put-upo...I sincerely hope those good, hard-working, put-upon people of the Gulf States told Dr. Falkov where she could put her succussed (or is it successed? She doesn't seem sure) remedies.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-40201281421264910632011-08-16T15:49:52.662-07:002011-08-16T15:49:52.662-07:00Expat,
It's the Hoagland version of natural ...Expat,<br /> It's the Hoagland version of natural (or unnatural) selection. He goes out of his way to antagonize and throw out anyone with any kind of critical thinking skills. So what is left is the most gullible among us. That these same people are also the least likely to be able to afford his books and DVDs is just an interesting irony.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-56938825739740149022011-08-16T15:40:06.304-07:002011-08-16T15:40:06.304-07:00I dunno, I think they've shown themselves to b...I dunno, I think they've shown themselves to be immune to facts.<br /><br />"In a stunning confirmation of hyperdimensional physics, Comet Elenin will come to perihelion on 9/11."<br /><br />"Er... it's 9/10 Richard."<br /><br />"It'll be 9/11 in Sri Lanka."<br /><br />"No it won't."<br /><br />"It'll be 9/11 SOMEWHERE."<br /><br />"True. Did you say STUNNING?"expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-48421520970705384142011-08-16T15:39:52.537-07:002011-08-16T15:39:52.537-07:00strahlungsamt,
Another difference is which one...strahlungsamt,<br /><br /> Another difference is which one of them with an FB page spends a great deal of time deleting no-goodnick thoughts on it. Hoagland spends close to all his waking hours monitoring and editing his page. Plait, Tyson, and Kaku could care less. They have what is known as "a life". :)Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-46542080321487751102011-08-16T15:37:23.406-07:002011-08-16T15:37:23.406-07:00If you want proof that "Great Minds Think Ali...If you want proof that "Great Minds Think Alike", go to Robin Falkov's page sometime. Scroll down about half way (past the ozone generating anti e-coli advertisement) and read the section headed "The Gulf Tragedy Unfolds and Continues Its Damage" about her efforts to bring Homeopathy to the suffering people of the Gulf. She's in her late 50s by now but reading it I thought she was 15.<br /><br /><i>Health Freedom Rights, Inc.<br /><br />Act Now to Protect Your Health Freedom Rights, All Your Rights! The Life You Save May Be Your Own!</i><br /><br />http://www.healthfreedomrights.com/<br /><br />You'll understand right away why they make such a happy couple.strahlungsamtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-82107945644224210692011-08-16T15:31:50.273-07:002011-08-16T15:31:50.273-07:00I always get a laugh out of Hoagie and Mike's ...I always get a laugh out of Hoagie and Mike's paranoia and how they are terrified of being outed by some scientist working for The Man.<br /><br />I was thinking recently, another difference between real scientists like Sagan, Phil Plait, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and phonies like Hoagie and Mike is who lies awake all night worrying that their theories might be blown away in an instant by some inconvenient "facts".<br /><br />Hint: it ain't the former.strahlungsamtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-51310900527969581972011-08-16T12:59:41.727-07:002011-08-16T12:59:41.727-07:00After reading the original exchange, I'd have ...After reading the original exchange, I'd have to agree. Aaron did a fine job on his own of making enemies. I'm guessing he's probably been banned by now.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-31550717292839252412011-08-16T12:12:51.539-07:002011-08-16T12:12:51.539-07:00No, I didn't. I really don't think it'...No, I didn't. I really don't think it's necessary since I didn't quote him.<br /><br />His potential "enemies" can still read his full text, I believe. So can his friends.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-49118052127300383902011-08-16T12:07:40.817-07:002011-08-16T12:07:40.817-07:00Expat,
A quick question. Did you let Aaron know ...Expat,<br /> A quick question. Did you let Aaron know you were going to use his name in your post? I know the FB page stuff is public, but you are helping him make enemies by mentioning him here.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-22576880604978252512011-08-16T11:47:25.908-07:002011-08-16T11:47:25.908-07:00And Bara is supposed to be the "engineer"...And Bara is supposed to be the "engineer" of the two.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-29597841846094150142011-08-16T11:29:18.582-07:002011-08-16T11:29:18.582-07:00I note in passing that Hoagland's statement ab...I note in passing that Hoagland's statement about the universality of the laws of physics is in conflict with the opinion of his loony and underqualified co-author.<br /><br />Mike Bara writes that <a href="http://www.mikebara.com/2010/09/17/all-physics-is-local-science-catches-up-to-hoaglandbara-20-years-later/" rel="nofollow">"All Physics is Local."</a>expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-47964187909014351712011-08-16T11:01:36.887-07:002011-08-16T11:01:36.887-07:00First, shouldn't it be "Your position.......First, shouldn't it be "Your position....is pretentious" not "Your position...are pretentious"? <br /><br />Second, yes he is preparing for the big "ho hum" moment when no one detects anything (not even in their dreams) coming from Elenin. The problem for him this time (unlike last year) is that he (and the not so fine folks at Project Camelot) has up until now, been charging for this information. There are people who spent a chunk of their disposable income to "be in on the know". If it turns sour on him, it won't just be a matter of "thanks for wasting my summer, jerk!". So he has to cover his ass on this one.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.com