Thursday, December 17, 2015

Richard Hoagland declares that he's "The Big Man"

James Concannon writes...

        I was browsing my Faceboo archives the other day, as you do, and was struck by how much fun we had back in 2011, before Richard Hoagland figured out that it was possible to ban people from commenting his page.The best part by far arose from the monster 9.0 earthquake that hit off the coast of Fukushima on 11 March that year. Hoagland's commentary was pure Texas sharpshooter, and I commented:
JC: I notice you want to force the Sendai earthquake into confirming your nonsensical theories by falsifying its longitude, just as you falsified the latitude of the Port-au-Prince event.

FYI, 120° east of the Great Pyramid is the 151° 08' longitude -- a full 8° 46' out into the Pacific Ocean away from the epicenter.

I notice also that you cover yourself by writing, on this page, "we are NOT talking about precise longitude and latitude "lines" ... but "bands of activity" -- as with any physical process." I remind you that the junctions of the major tectonic plates are known with far more precision than one degree of latitude or longitude.

JC: I also notice that you attach significance to the 38° 19' latitude of the Sendai earthquake as double 19.5. Your theory as published predicts energy upwelling at 19.5°, NOT twice that or three times that or any other multiple of it. What you're doing here is the equivalent of shooting an arrow into the side of a barn, then painting a target round it. About as far removed from science as can be imagined.

Well, eventually, Hoagland protested — with this piece of smasheroo peacockery:

27 mar 2011 05:30 EST
RCH: I"m somewhat surprised that this is seen as ANY kind of "legitimate" discussion point; this is, so Facebook has informed me (by putting MY name at the top of the page)--

My "room."
...
The idea that I should then have to put up with "repeated, malcious [sic] assaults on my own character -- in "my room" -- or suffer even more outlandish attacks on my decades-long, demonstrated scientific competence [just how many of these "critics" have consulted for a major television network (and a "living legend" at that network at same time) -- both, BEFORE they were even 23?]--

And then, went on to consult for NASA!

That I should NOT simply "throw these bums out of my 'house' " ... is simply cracked.

I also will NOT argue"with "fake people" -- whose SOLE reason for coming here ... and then, " hiding under a deliberately false identity," is to AVOID the normal social ACCOUNTABILITY that comes with "face-to-face communication"-- while getting the vicarious thrill of attacking "the Big Man" ... in front of countless thousands of his "fans."

It's the ultimate "ego trip" ... for very warped minds.

I mean, what kind of an "honest, intellectual discussion" can one possibly have ... when one participant is publicly known, but the other is "a shadowy, ANONYMOUS figure ..." -- obviously AFRAID to reveal even his identity, yet spring-loaded to attack the slightest perception of "weakness" in his opponent?

The pretense that, somehow, a "serious, SCIENTIFIC discussion" could be carried out under these bizarre circumstances--

Is a farce!

In setting up the Constitution, the Framers recognized that the SOLE deterrent to the old abuses of Europe, the "whispered innuendo in dark" -- where you could be accused of ANYTHING and (literally) dragged away  ... and then, had to PROVE your innocence -- was backwards; that free men (and women) are INNOCENT 'til  PROVEN guilty; that the "burden of proof" was NOT on the "accused" ... but on the "accuser"--

Who is impossible to fight ... when your accuser is, by calculated design, "anonymous ....

Shades of "hooded men and secret star chambers ..." -- from our own sad history ... where the "anonymous accuser" is the judge, the jury ... and ... the executioner.

Is someone NUTS?!

So, no, I have absolutely NOTHING to "apologize" for ... on my own page (!) -- and I will continue to eliminate ALL "agent provocateurs" ... whose REAL agenda is to make it IMPOSSIBLE for the overwhelming majority of honest folks (*sopme, ~15,000 now) who come here to have a serious, OPEN discussion ... in these increasingly critical and uncertain times!
        Read that again and you'll grasp the idea that he refuses to accept any review of his work unless the reviewer has had a career path identical to his own. And what evidence did he have for asserting that "James Concannon" is a false identity? None at all.

And then this happened
        On 7 April, the same area was rocked by another 7.1 earthquake, causing more damage on land and killing three people. Hoagland commented:
RCH: That "Fukushima" was a Planned Event -- by "someone" -- is almost a certainty now; I mean, what are the odds of ANOTHER major quake (the 7.1 a couple days ago) -- complete with similar tsunami warnings -- with an epicenter (and depth!) only a few miles different from the earlier, devestating [sic] 9.0 quake ... and all, by "acident?!"

JC: I think it's called "aftershock," Richard. Look it up.
The fact that he didn't realize then that he could simply ban me was made obvious a bit later:
5 june
RCH: What "JC" and all the OTHER trolls don't seem to realize, is that with ~17,000 people on this site on a regular basis, I have a team of "moderators all around the world, 24/7" -- whose ONLY instruction is to delete EVERYTHING these idiots have to say ... unless I give specific instructions to the contrary .... :) I will NOT have this site disrupted by obvious "agents."
Then finally the penny dropped, as they say:
31 july
RCH: We quietly "took care of" the trolls ... several days ago.

7 comments:

Binaryspellbook said...

I remember that exchange well James. I got my marching orders around the same time for, "repeatedly telling lies about our work." What lies had I told? None whatsoever. I had merely pointed out on a few occasions that Hoagland's mathematics were incorrect. You know. Stuff like that.

James Concannon said...

That must have been this rant:

RCH 19 oct
I believe in giving EVERYONE (except the immediately obvious idiots/agents -- those who have NO friends and NO identities ...) a chance.

A lot of folks are just "waking up" ... and don't even know "what right questions" to ask; so, I give them an opportunity to get their "sea legs" ... to repeat (for a few posts) the "erroneous stuff" they've been slavishly TAUGHT all their lives ... as they try to figure out the REAL questions.

But, it quickly becomes obvious who the new "seekers" are ... versus those who are JUST here to endlessly repeat DELIBERATE lies against our (or others) work ... and to try to "screw with people's heads" who ARE trying to figure out this "whole new world" on their own ....

Then, THEY'RE gone--

expat said...

Incomprehensible comment from Theadora disallowed. That young woman (?) persists in using the word "troll" as if it means "someone who has opinions I don't share." That's not what it is, thea.

Binaryspellbook said...

James,
That sounds about right. I am sure I recall a poster asking where I'd gone. Hoagland replied that I had lied one too many times about our work. I maybe have a screen shot of that.

jourget said...

Neat little insight into RCH's warped view of the scientific method in his "innocent until proven guilty" comment. Is he seriously implying that statements like "Obama giving carrot seeds to the Pope is a secret reference to the Chang'e 3 mission" have to be accepted as valid until they're specifically disproven? What lunacy!

One thing's for sure: RCH himself would never be able to get a sock puppet to fly. His delirious swings between unnecessary capitalization and inexplicable quotation marks are as much of a grammatical fingerprint as one could ask for.

As an update on the Big Man, his floundering radio show on DMDN, which he's said is garnering statements of interest from "major networks", has run two repeats and a tepid open lines show so far this week. Last night, an attempted second open lines show hosted by producer Scott McKay (standing in for the under-the-weather RCH) was aborted after just a few minutes by an unidentified technical glitch. Instead, we got several minutes of music, followed by the week's third replay. Excelsior!

Chris Lopes said...

The big guy may end up having to actually talk to what's left of his fandom on his fb page just to stay relevant in the woo world he lives in.

Unknown said...

Rosetta spies Jabba the Hutt on comet 67P

https://www.rt.com/news/326560-rosetta-comet-jabba-the-hutt/

"Stunning Confirmation" that Hoagland was RIGHT AFTER ALL

Stay Tuned.....