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<blockquote data-quote="gl100" data-source="post: 27217" data-attributes="member: 296"><p><strong>Re: Fringe Archaeology or Hidden Truth?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Harte,</p><p></p><p>Had the opportunity to read your Annunaki material.Truly an outstanding post. I have always been amazed at the ability of people like Sitchin and Van Daniken to reap fame and reward from theories based on dubious research and ludicrous conclusions. I truly believe we are reaching a point where historical research is lauded not for its analytical insight but rather for the ?courage? to fly in the face of conventional wisdom. Truth is no longer the benchmark by which to judge these works. They are judged simply on the innovative way these ?researchers? achieve their acrobatic leaps of logic. No span is too great and no chasm is too vast for these people to overcome. If there is no historical or scientific bridge, build one. Their objective is to get from one side of an argument to another. How the bridge is constructed is of no consequence. I had a welder that used to work for me years ago. His philosophy was ?If you can walk across it, I can weld it!? While it was a confident statement full of admirable determination, I found it rooted in very questionable judgment. This is the pervasive philosophy I see in the works of these so-called researchers. Contrived, erroneous data can fill a logical gap as efficiently and certainly quicker than tedious empirical data. It is the conclusion that most will remember anyway. How you get there is of no consequence.</p><p></p><p>The more incredulous your claim, the less you have to rely on providing actual proof. Throw the reader some out of context, historical data and you have a disciple for life. Look at the current furor over the Da Vinci Code. Put the words fact on the flyleaf and you too can spawn an entire sub-culture and cottage industry devoted to your works. Incredible.</p><p></p><p>Empirical research is no longer the coin of the realm. Reminds me of a comedian I heard years ago who said it amazed him how KISS could have 10,000 groupies and yet Jonas Salk probably couldn?t get laid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gl100, post: 27217, member: 296"] [b]Re: Fringe Archaeology or Hidden Truth?[/b] Harte, Had the opportunity to read your Annunaki material.Truly an outstanding post. I have always been amazed at the ability of people like Sitchin and Van Daniken to reap fame and reward from theories based on dubious research and ludicrous conclusions. I truly believe we are reaching a point where historical research is lauded not for its analytical insight but rather for the ?courage? to fly in the face of conventional wisdom. Truth is no longer the benchmark by which to judge these works. They are judged simply on the innovative way these ?researchers? achieve their acrobatic leaps of logic. No span is too great and no chasm is too vast for these people to overcome. If there is no historical or scientific bridge, build one. Their objective is to get from one side of an argument to another. How the bridge is constructed is of no consequence. I had a welder that used to work for me years ago. His philosophy was ?If you can walk across it, I can weld it!? While it was a confident statement full of admirable determination, I found it rooted in very questionable judgment. This is the pervasive philosophy I see in the works of these so-called researchers. Contrived, erroneous data can fill a logical gap as efficiently and certainly quicker than tedious empirical data. It is the conclusion that most will remember anyway. How you get there is of no consequence. The more incredulous your claim, the less you have to rely on providing actual proof. Throw the reader some out of context, historical data and you have a disciple for life. Look at the current furor over the Da Vinci Code. Put the words fact on the flyleaf and you too can spawn an entire sub-culture and cottage industry devoted to your works. Incredible. Empirical research is no longer the coin of the realm. Reminds me of a comedian I heard years ago who said it amazed him how KISS could have 10,000 groupies and yet Jonas Salk probably couldn?t get laid. [/QUOTE]
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