[meteorite-list] Strange Martian Surface Feature

From: Treiman, Allan <Treiman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:25 2004
Message-ID: <9CBE44BF7DE9D511960300500424D7D0112089_at_cassnt2>

Well, IMHO, Hoagland is not a nut case. He is a clever
cynical expert in public relations, who has made a nice
living on the credibility of others. He has found a
constituency who wants to believe in life-on-Mars, and
thinks that anyone who disagrees is part of the Vast
Government Conspiracy.
   Its a living, but not one I'd want.

  Allan

Allan H. Treiman
Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston TX 77058-1113
   281-486-2117
   281-486-2162 FAX
  treiman_at_lpi.usra.edu


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Subject: [meteorite-list] Strange Martian Surface Feature


In regard to the comment about Hoagland being an alleged "nutcase" I have
to
ask why? Why is it that someone is a nutcase when he or she looks to the
extraordinary in hopes of expanding human knowledge? Was Gallileo a
"nutcase"? Yes, he was in his day a nut case, a heretic and in his own time

an outcast because he chose "unpopular" realms of knowledge to delve into.
Realms of knowledge that we today know of as science. Why risk being an
outcast? The pursuit of knowledge. If we rest on what we have learned and
think we are experts, if we sit by and point fingers at everyone who does
not
hold the same view of the world or universe the same as we do then we are
confined to an infinite loop of blindness. Before we point fingers and
laugh
or make fun of someone simply because someone else tells us he or she is a
nutcase perhaps we should look more closely at that persons research. In
time we may find that our place in our perceived universe may not be as
special as we might like it to be.

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