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Dave Moore

July 31, 2001 12:11PM

<HTML>Chris Hale wrote:
>
> From Donnelly to Hancock, diffusionist writers - for
> want of a better word - have drawn on genuine science - again
> for want of a better word - to persuade their readers that
> there really is hard evidence for the idea they are proposing
> - ie the lost civilisation in one form or another.
>
> I would argue that this is an illusionist trick - but often
> very effective, and dangerous. The fact that anyone is still
> discussing the West/Schoch Sphinx material shows that a
> dollop of 'science' can go a long way.

Actually, unlike West, Hancock et al, Schoch's offering on the age of the Sphinx is a proper scientific hypothesis and should be taken seriously.

The last I heard was that both positions had their scientfici merits and their supporters.

Best Regards,
Dave</HTML>

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Subject	Author	Posted
KEY ISSUE	Chris Hale	July 31, 2001 11:55AM
Re: KEY ISSUE	Dave Moore	July 31, 2001 12:11PM
Re: KEY ISSUE	John	July 31, 2001 01:28PM
Re: Outrageous post	John	July 31, 2001 05:18PM
Re: Outrageous post	Claire	July 31, 2001 05:44PM
Re: Excellant post.	John	July 31, 2001 06:20PM
Re: Excellant post.	John	July 31, 2001 06:32PM
Re: Excellent post.....NOT	Claire	July 31, 2001 06:50PM
Re: Outrageous post	Claire	July 31, 2001 03:40PM
Excellant post.	Derek Barnett	July 31, 2001 06:04PM
Re: Excellent post.....NOT	Claire	July 31, 2001 06:31PM
Re: Excellent post.....NOT	Derek Barnett	August 01, 2001 06:21AM
Re: Excellent post.....NOT	Claire	August 01, 2001 07:13AM
What the Papers say.	Derek Barnett	August 01, 2001 02:51PM
Derek n/t	Claire	August 01, 2001 05:03PM
Re: Derek n/t	Derek Barnett	August 01, 2001 05:21PM
Re: Derek n/t	Claire	August 01, 2001 05:34PM
Chris	Claire	August 02, 2001 08:22AM
Re: Chris	Chris Hale	August 02, 2001 09:25AM
Re: Chris	Chris Hale	August 02, 2001 09:25AM
Re: Chris	Claire	August 02, 2001 09:40AM
Re: Chris	Chris Hale	August 02, 2001 12:47PM
Back to the issue.	Derek Barnett	August 02, 2001 12:41PM
Re: Back to the issue.	Chris Hale	August 02, 2001 12:45PM
Laughing at you	Claire	August 02, 2001 12:59PM
Re: Back to the issue.	Derek Barnett	August 02, 2001 01:15PM
a big hoot!	Katherine Reece	August 02, 2001 01:23PM

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