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Hoagland, the one thing you can't say about him is that he doesn't Believe.
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No... I don't think he believes his nonsense- it may be nice to give some people the benifit of the doubt, but Hoagland is most definitely a charlatan- he has been caught in too many lies. Like his claim to have won the 'Angstrom medal'.... (Remember, I actually wrote the RSAS and posted their response that Hoagland had aquired the medal fraudulently and that they have asked him to return it...)

Sometimes people just lie for profit- remember the faith healer Peter Popoff? Remember the Amazing Randi exposing him and destroying him? The faith healer seemed to really believe his own garbage- but it was shown that he was a fraud knowingly exploiting peoples willingness to believe in miracles. He made millions...

As for other purveyors of nonsense you and I have a long standing semantic argument. I call them liars even if they believe the nonsense they try to sell... You disapprove. I think those that claim, even though there is copius evidence to the contrary, that we never went to the moon are liars. They choose not to learn the facts, which - to me - means they CHOOSE to state untruth.

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