Comments on: A Non-Scientist's Reaction to Richard Hoagland

By: Jett Rink

Jett Rink — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:55:52 +0000

Tricky-Dick Hoaxland is a barrel of Monkeys and a real hoot to listen to late at night on the radio.

Then it gets sad when you realize how deadly serious this guy is. Either he believes the sh*t he`s shovelling (which is sad), or he knows exactly what he is doing and he is a scam artist and 21st Century Patent Medicine Shill.

I happen to think he is the latter. A full blown B.S. factory that depends on the ignorance of the masses to generate his revenue.

Hoaxland is what we get and deserve when we dont do enough to teach our kids about science, technology and the ACTUAL wonders of the universe (no ridiculously byzantine, baffling baloney required to be genuinely interesting).

This guy makes a living off of people`s ignorance.

By: Jemm

Jemm — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:37:54 +0000

I have long been a fan of Richard Hoagland. Not because I believe or agree with him but he’s entertaining. He’s “out there” with a pseudo-scientific approach and glorious imagination constantly referring to “the data”. He claims to have been Walter Cronkite’s Science Adviser during the Apollo days. He’s about my age and I had my 19 year old butt in a pretty tight place as a Marine in Vietnam when man first walked on the moon. I have a very hard time accepting that CBS relied on a 21 year old to be Walters’ adviser. maybe Richard got coffee for everyone, emptied waste baskets, etc. Anyway, if you find him to be out there, read anything about John Lear. He makes Dick look conservative.

By: A Non-Scientist’s Reaction to Richard Hoagland « There Are Some That Call My Blog…..Tim

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:54:41 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:19:09 +0000

Looking at that picture of Hoagland again, all I hear is him saying “I tell you about Torsion Field Physics, But I’ll also tell you about this great 1994 Dodge Shadow. It’s a great car and it would look even better with you behind the wheel. What would it take for me to put you in this car today?”

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:03:26 +0000

Thi has got to be one of the funniest blogs I have ever read. Nicole, your friend needs to write more.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:41:29 +0000

Gotta hand it to the TV execs, though…For once, it was on a channel whose name was deserving of the drivel being put forth, instead of having a much more respectable moniker like ‘The History Channel.’

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:44:59 +0000

Dude, they even have “Ghost Lab” now…. OMGWTFBBQ?

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:44:15 +0000

I lost many hours in undergrad when I *should* have been studying just wandering through those archives…

There’s no end to the crazy, is there?

By: Barb Hutchinson

Barb Hutchinson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:19:15 +0000

Great post Tim! Look forward to more!

By: Kim Hebert

Kim Hebert — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:21:52 +0000

We actually own an old paperback copy of Chariots of the Gods….for some reason… and every time I see him on TV, whatever show he’s in has immediately lost credibility – even if they’re making fun of him because honestly that’s just fish in a barrel. He just shouldn’t be on TV. Like on Discovery Channel (seriously) one time, he was on this “documentary” about the crystal skulls when that Indiana Jones – ahem – film came out. Fail, Discovery. Epic fail. I think that pretty much speaks to where they’re at these days – other than Mythbusters, anyway.