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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 05/29/2012 : 22:01:23
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If you know this face, please post the name below.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/29/2012 23:03:24
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2012 : 04:56:19 [Permalink]
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| Hint #1: This person has written at least 17 books. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2012 : 06:22:59 [Permalink]
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Is that Douglas Adams  |
Life is good
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2012 : 06:32:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Is that Douglas Adams
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Not in any way, shape, or form. Adams would be carrying a towel. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/30/2012 06:33:43 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2012 : 22:29:49 [Permalink]
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| Hint #2: This person's books make heavy use of asking questions, but the intent is far from Socratic. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 02:56:53 [Permalink]
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 03:16:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
Kevin Trudeau
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Not on your tintype. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 05:44:46 [Permalink]
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| Hint #3: Even this person's most famous book has a title that is a question. (The answer: Almost certainly NOT.) |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/31/2012 05:45:21 |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 06:13:02 [Permalink]
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| Hint #4: This person is the model for a minor character in both the Hitchhiker's Guide series, and in a Doctor Who episode. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 10:45:55 [Permalink]
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| Erich Von Daniken |
Life is good
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 11:35:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Erich Von Daniken
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Correct! Congratulations, moakley!
Erich von Däniken is an old fraud who is one of the founders of the pseudo-scientific notion that extra-terrestrials had contact with and greatly influenced ancient humans. His Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968, set the tone for his successful publishing career. His writing is heavily dependent upon the devices of presenting "evidence" that is flawed, "borrowed" from other frauds, deliberately misinterpreted, or totally made-up, then "asking" leading questions that point the reader to false conclusions. When cornered with proof that his implied conclusion is wrong, he is often able to simply state that he was only asking questions suggested by his evidence.
That writing technique in itself shows a premeditated intent to deceive, not to inform.
In other cases, von Däniken has been caught red-handed in making up his evidence from whole cloth, and has glibly stated that he only invented some details to make a book more dramatic:| "In German we say a writer, if he is not writing pure science, is allowed to use some dramaturgisch Effekte – some theatrical effects. And that's what I have done." |
Yet despite his shoddy and fraudulent methods, von Däniken has continued to sell his fantasy and science fiction books as the real deal to countless millions of gullible people.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/31/2012 11:41:57 |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
1888 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 11:51:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Yet despite his shoddy and fraudulent methods, von Däniken has continued to sell his fantasy and science fiction books as the real deal to countless millions of gullible people.
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40 years ago I was one of the gullible. |
Life is good
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2012 : 11:58:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Yet despite his shoddy and fraudulent methods, von Däniken has continued to sell his fantasy and science fiction books as the real deal to countless millions of gullible people.
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40 years ago I was one of the gullible.
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Me, too, but I got over it pretty quickly, as I was still resenting and kicking myself for being fooled by the ridiculous fantacist George Adamski when I was a teen. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 05/31/2012 12:10:45 |
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