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Any ONE of these ludicrous propositions is enough to discredit him; the fact that they're all in the same book makes one wonder if he was trying to let people know it was all a big joke.
It reminds me of an email scam. Those are usually made intentionally unreasonable and ridiculous, to weed out everybody except the very stupid and horribly gullible. Email scammers specifically don’t want even modestly smart people responding, because those are people who will eventually balk at requests for money and personal details, thus wasting the scammer’s time.[/size]
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I think you have hit the nail on the head and exactly what I have said a number of times regarding this forum. It is great fun and a source of entertainment, but nearly all the discussion and serious comments are from REs. Tom is the only one who bothers to put regular arguments in place, (with the very occasional interjection from a couple of others), but they are carefully and intelligently structured to divert away from the actual discussion. Like Rowbotham whom he bases most of his arguments on, his knowledge in many areas is limited and flawed and he frequently refers to Rowbotham work as evidence which it clearly isn't. In spite of that, I find Tom's input fascinating and entertaining, which is why I stick with the forum. The forum is for fun, and like 'The Earth Is Not A Globe', is an interesting source of discussion for those capable of it and a magnet for various folks not so well able to think for themselves.
Roger