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Torchlight

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36. Much like L Ron Hubbard

Reply to JustinBulletin (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 02:35 PM

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Erich... Clouds Passing Jan 11 #1

RIP to an explorer of possibilities. JustinBulletin Jan 11 #2

Alternative "facts" wolfie001 Jan 11 #11

He was a con man who helped create the modern disdain for actual science. NT Happy Hoosier Jan 12 #34

Much like L Ron Hubbard Torchlight Jan 12 #36

He won't be missed. A fabulist who continued selling crap, even after he'd been exposed muriel_volestrangler Jan 11 #3

+1000 paleotn Jan 11 #5

Basically the whole premise of the Joe Rogaine Show wolfie001 Jan 11 #10

Fascinating OC375 Jan 11 #4

Lazy science? Oh! You mean science based on actual evidence. paleotn Jan 11 #6

THIS wolfie001 Jan 11 #9

Nope OC375 Jan 11 #17

Any examples of this "lazy" science? Happy Hoosier Jan 12 #35

Can you cite an example when when he 'called BS on lazy science'? Torchlight Jan 12 #37

I read that book many years ago Bayard Jan 11 #7

Pseudoarcheology with probably white supremacist views wolfie001 Jan 11 #8

"Pseudoarcheology with probably white supremacist views" LudwigPastorius Jan 11 #22

They always fantasize about a lily-white society wolfie001 Jan 11 #24

All UFO stuff is so k00ky. But it was fun to watch TV shows when I was teenager. n/t Jacson6 Jan 11 #12

I've yet to see anything convincing in regards to aliens wolfie001 Jan 11 #13

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Yep nt wolfie001 Jan 11 #25

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Same assholes that went to Turkey looking for Noah's Ark wolfie001 Jan 11 #26

Racist grifter. IrishAfricanAmerican Jan 11 #18

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Science Fiction bmichaelh Jan 11 #20

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I was into 'Heavy Metal', the magazine wolfie001 Jan 11 #28

Jailed for stealing from the Swiss Boy Scouts.... Mustellus Jan 11 #23

My god wolfie001 Jan 11 #29

May he rest in piss sakabatou Jan 11 #30

This kind of thing tends to give street cred to conspiracy theories.. ananda Jan 11 #31

I like how he served a prison term for embezzlement right after COTG became popular. maxsolomon Jan 12 #32

His books are a hoot! milestogo Jan 12 #33