See Here:

(for those of you who don't know him, Dennis Rawlins is an academic skeptic and a science historian who has been involved in controversy from way back. He was originally a member of Ciscop(?) society for science and debunking of paranormal, but resigned when he disagreed with their tactics)

Here he mawls the recent well published claims that some researcher had found Hipparchos's star catalogue on a celestial globe attached to a statue. I thought it was far fetched when I read the news, but Rawlins debunks comprehensively here, in conjunction with his team: (in his usual style)

[www.dioi.org]

"Question: what kind of dedicated kook hound (DIO 11.3 [2002] ‡6 §G10 [p.85]) would spend a half-century intently working his way up into a position of academic-political power — and then squander such precious capital on a quixotic crusade against earnest scholars who happen to oppose academic fraud and intimidation?!"

Dave L

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/02/2005 09:04AM by Dave L.