tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post2039008071871035934..comments2023-12-19T09:40:12.020-08:00Comments on The Emoluments of Mars: The asteroid and the pseudo-scientist: Massive, Epic, FAILexpathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-46550576460631358502011-11-11T09:16:49.669-08:002011-11-11T09:16:49.669-08:00I know Chris, apologies if I came across wrong or ...I know Chris, apologies if I came across wrong or implied you were suggesting I didn't understand the difference - I didn't take it as such! :)<br /><br />I think we are in agreement about Hoagland and what he feeds his sheep (only, more of his sheep are starting to notice too).<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-68999512776601103922011-11-11T09:13:17.694-08:002011-11-11T09:13:17.694-08:00Anon,
I wasn't suggesting you didn't kn...Anon, <br /> I wasn't suggesting you didn't know the difference, just that Hoagland is pretending not to. His followers only know what he tells them.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-77823888241518026032011-11-11T09:03:29.787-08:002011-11-11T09:03:29.787-08:00Jokes aside, even though I'm not an imaging ex...Jokes aside, even though I'm not an imaging expert, I know enough to know they are radar images and not typical photographs - of course, to the majority of "average joe" facebook followers, there is no need to question these "photographs": they seem genuine enough to the untrained-eye (they'll be set on their own meaning of the word 'structures') and you'll either accept for yourself the "overwhelming evidence" of intelligent design right before your eyes, or your brain will simply chose to reject the obvious...<br /><br />Thanks Chris.<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-19996501600655208952011-11-11T08:53:56.686-08:002011-11-11T08:53:56.686-08:00Anon,
The problem here is that he's trying t...Anon,<br /> The problem here is that he's trying to treat radar images as if they are photographs. They aren't, so you really can't "enhance" them. What he's really doing is using a blurring tool to make it look more natural, then using good old fashioned pareidolia (and those pixels that are still there) to create "structures". It's pure hokum.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-12638845252606832332011-11-11T08:48:12.134-08:002011-11-11T08:48:12.134-08:00[EDIT: "MIGHT" have some more snazzy ima...[EDIT: "MIGHT" have some more snazzy images soon - I'm not in the business of making predictions after all!] :-p<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-2671636151065446882011-11-11T08:41:53.587-08:002011-11-11T08:41:53.587-08:00Well I'm by no means a photography expert, but...Well I'm by no means a photography expert, but I do believe I've heard of those darn pixel-things being mentioned many, many times before when dealing with images [over-lays/composites?!] of small objects a long way off in space........<br /><br />And I'm sure that in the "sensationalized" BBC article he was referring to, that the a scientist who used the word "structures" could not possibly mean anything geological or natural, and quite obviously meant constructed buildings at right angles and straight lines (which are probably at 19.5 degrees angle to Elenin or the sun or the moon or Hawaii or the White House when they were "discovered and leaked").<br /><br />'Stay tuned' - I'm sure he'll have even more snazzy images sometime soon?!<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-25004207956754395922011-11-11T08:39:00.364-08:002011-11-11T08:39:00.364-08:00Yeah, the interesting thing to me about that threa...Yeah, the interesting thing to me about that thread (where he posted the "processed" radar image, last night) is the skepticism it was met with. Sure the usual suspects were out in force to protect their fearless leader, but there were also more than a few folks who didn't buy it. Those folks were also (judging from the number of "likes" they got) being supported by more than a few people who agreed with them but were afraid to say so openly. Some of the residence of Emerald City are beginning to suspect the Wizard is a fraud.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-61616632879117318922011-11-11T08:30:59.747-08:002011-11-11T08:30:59.747-08:00I think those "artificial rectangular structu...I think those "artificial rectangular structures" are what most people call "pixels," aren't they?expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-29111741977655346542011-11-11T08:26:22.832-08:002011-11-11T08:26:22.832-08:00Well I suppose Richard is too busy to explain it t...Well I suppose Richard is too busy to explain it to the people who "simply just don't get it" (let alone those of us who are clearly hell-bent on denial of "the truth") - after all, he's got to edit and process and upload good images of the "structures" on YU55 (an object that was spherical at first, before it became pancake shaped, and then eventually an elongated shape...) <br /><br />...one can only do so much in 19.5 hours a day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-62788471039672307792011-11-11T07:55:50.168-08:002011-11-11T07:55:50.168-08:00"now it is even JUVENILE to question him on h..."now it is even JUVENILE to question him on his contradictions and inaccuracies!!!..."<br /><br />Yes, Mike Bara plays that game too. "You're just playing GOTCHA YOU S.O.B." is one of his standard answers to a challenge.<br /><br />Both of them fail to understand, or perhaps pretend to fail to understand, that responding to challenging questions is one of the obligations of a scientist.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-89342668016994699822011-11-11T04:05:07.656-08:002011-11-11T04:05:07.656-08:00Ok, I'm not sure if I can stand for tricky dic...Ok, I'm not sure if I can stand for tricky dicky Hoagland's wiggling out of his statements anymore...<br /><br />First he says he doesn't make predictions (but then makes them), and now he says he doesn't give SPECIFIC predictions (except for those times when he does), and now it is even JUVENILE to question him on his contradictions and inaccuracies!!!...<br /><br />http://i41.tinypic.com/1zn5w6d.png<br /><br />Seriously?!?!?...<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-71719586576092586152011-11-10T16:01:01.601-08:002011-11-10T16:01:01.601-08:00Expat, that's why I came to the conclusion (a ...Expat, that's why I came to the conclusion (a long time ago) that he isn't just a deluded fool (though he might also be that), he's a deliberate conman. He plays the rhetorical game too well not to know he's pushing BS. In this case, he had to know YU55 would be exactly where the people who study such things said it would be. Yet he went on and on for weeks about NASA lying, and how this was a game changer. Sure he said it was only a possibility (based on his "calculations" and "inside information"), but he led his followers to believe it was a near certainty. I bet he's been working on his excuses the entire time he was pushing this one. The sliminess of the thing is pathetic.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-68252133465144553742011-11-10T14:21:55.302-08:002011-11-10T14:21:55.302-08:00Someone pointed out an incorrect prediction? In pu...Someone pointed out an incorrect prediction? In public? On his facebook page? - How dare they question King Richard! That sort of stuff will get you banned from being one of his page "fans"!!...<br /><br />(It's sheep only, don't you know!)<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-41710206527766412472011-11-10T14:19:00.009-08:002011-11-10T14:19:00.009-08:00He's pretty cunning like that. On FB I've ...He's pretty cunning like that. On FB I've even seen him scatter several predictions around, covering the most likely possible outcomes. Then one of them is pretty well bound to come good.<br /><br />I literally do remember him saying to someone pointing out an erroneous prediction "Why don't you look at my OTHER post.... [the one that worked out]."expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-58751466058225166542011-11-10T14:04:55.794-08:002011-11-10T14:04:55.794-08:00Amidst all the growing number of people who are st...Amidst all the growing number of people who are starting to call Hoagland out on his predictions, he has YET AGAIN stated he does NOT make predictions....... (and then almost in the same breath, make a prediction - but nothing too specific this time)<br /><br />http://i44.tinypic.com/wcoiog.jpg<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-53464606263725199772011-11-10T13:57:57.067-08:002011-11-10T13:57:57.067-08:00And in keeping with my post above, just to make su...And in keeping with my post above, just to make sure Hoagland doesn't get caught out again, he's making sure to use the words MIGHT DO in nice big capital letters - he's right if it happens, and not wrong if it doesn't.<br /><br />http://i42.tinypic.com/21niikw.png<br /><br />I'm sure his 27000 sheep will proclaim him or defend him, either way.<br /><br />-MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-90534682983260601842011-11-10T09:57:42.243-08:002011-11-10T09:57:42.243-08:00Cantra,
Cataloging Hoagland's mistakes/lies...Cantra,<br /> Cataloging Hoagland's mistakes/lies would certainly require a scalable database system. :)Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-49701774227712533162011-11-10T09:50:00.982-08:002011-11-10T09:50:00.982-08:00Brilliantly put mate. Really well summarised. Exce...Brilliantly put mate. Really well summarised. Excellent job, let's keep the pressure up on this money grubbing buffoon.<br /><br />I guess you can add those points to the ever growing list of unfulfilled predictions. I would have suggested compiling a database of his outright and demonstrable lies. But I fear that is a task for a team not one person. And would take perhaps a year or more to collate.<br /><br />I am genuinely astonished at his diehard lemming congregation. They don't read the facts about this chumpmonkey. They impersonate the three monkeys, only to bare their fangs and attack when Captain Hoagwash is yet again exposed as a liar.Cantrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026328552911166663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-76319313549630176262011-11-10T09:48:17.206-08:002011-11-10T09:48:17.206-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cantrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026328552911166663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-90935532786458715172011-11-10T06:36:09.822-08:002011-11-10T06:36:09.822-08:00RCH and MB and all their devotees are very silent ...RCH and MB and all their devotees are very silent all of a sudden :-) goofball guru's :-)<br /><br />AdrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-8281599979012485352011-11-10T02:50:48.552-08:002011-11-10T02:50:48.552-08:00Keep us informed. Successful troll is successful.Keep us informed. Successful troll is successful.Biological_Unithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321950739186432108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-10772665466933202642011-11-09T19:40:26.016-08:002011-11-09T19:40:26.016-08:00jourget,
I'm sure Noory himself has probabl...jourget,<br /> I'm sure Noory himself has probably had his fill of the guy. Hoagland does though, have a way of keeping an audience tuned in long enough for the sponsors to sell their useless crap. That's all he really needs to do. <br /><br />So I'm sure they'll keep him around for those 3 minute updates (he's easier to control when you limit his time) and when they have a guest who bails at the last minute. I just don't think they'll give him the star treatment any more.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-9432427283349705992011-11-09T18:40:18.340-08:002011-11-09T18:40:18.340-08:00I don't know if it's been long enough to b...I don't know if it's been long enough to be called a trend yet, but Noory has seemed to be acting less effusive about RCH lately. Back in 2004-08 or so, he was practically washing the guy's feet whenever he was on, talking about all his theories that have been "proven to be true" or that he had mooted first (oceans under Europa, the "sabotage" of Mars Observer, etc.).<br /><br />Lately, though, he's been more subdued. On the August 29 show, where RCH first laid out in detail his thoughts about Elenin, George was just chuckling. He hasn't been hanging on his every word lately, like he was for so many years.<br /><br />Chris, you're absolutely right about the Borg Sphere. He hasn't even tried to draw 19.5 angles all over the image to prove his point as was once the case. He's devolved into squinting at the thing and labeling it the USS Pareidolia.jourgetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-34346609030740671462011-11-09T18:05:20.571-08:002011-11-09T18:05:20.571-08:00Trekker,
You're right, that image was defini...Trekker,<br /> You're right, that image was definitely a mind numbingly stupid thing to do. I'm not sure what has gotten into Hoagland lately, but I wish those close to him would stop enabling the madness. He made a fool of himself with the Borg Sphere, didn't fare too well with Noory the other night, and now he's seeing decoy asteroids. All this in the same week. <br /><br />He's still got followers of course. There are always people who need someone to simplify the big bad world for them. And he's also got the Kerri Cassidy's of the world, follow leaches who want to cash in on the gullible. But he's lost more than a few who only had a passing interest in this stuff. Even the folks at C2C will have to think hard about giving him a platform.Chris Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603182786879935663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-43981809581845105512011-11-09T16:37:07.930-08:002011-11-09T16:37:07.930-08:00I really feel sorry for RCH..I think he is lost in...I really feel sorry for RCH..I think he is lost in his own delusions...I could not listen to him, it was just too much to bear...<br /><br />DaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com