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The Valley of the Wood Apes

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William Parcher said:
The HarryBush bromance continues.
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What's a Bigfoot thread without bad puns of hints and allegations?! :xtongue

BTW I wanna find out more about this report before I make a final decision. But the facts are hard and they're undisputed. If somebody goes to the time and trouble of preparing a full-on 229 page fake scientific report document. That purports to prove the existence of Bigfoot, or Wood Ape as they call it, there must be something to it because there's no way anyone would fake that, it's just too big. Too many words. And pages. There's a real Bigfoot somewhere in those words I'll bet. But the lame brain "scientists" won't see that. And the suffering continues.

Just trying out my DWA impression.
 
Jodie said:
That in no way indicates she had a hand in writing the 229 pages of wood ape observations.
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Sure it does.....why else would she respond with near hysterical defense of "The Monkey Man Monologue" unless she was emotionally attached to the dribble.
I think its hilarious that on one hand she runs a skeptical blog that for the most part does a good job but then has the other business that assist woo peddlers in attempting to make the woo more sciency.....way to work both sides of the fence!
 
Cervelo said:
Sure it does.....why else would she respond with near hysterical defense of "The Monkey Man Monologue" unless she was emotionally attached to the dribble. I think its hilarious that on one hand she runs a skeptical blog that for the most part does a good job but then has the other business that assist woo peddlers in attempting to make the woo more sciency.....way to work both sides of the fence!
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driv·el
ˈdrivəl/Submit
noun
1. silly nonsense.
"don't talk such drivel!"
synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; More

verb
1.talk nonsense.
"he was driveling on about the glory days"
synonyms: talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, blather, prattle, gabble, waffle
"you always drivel on"
 
If you want to pick in him in such a childish manner use this one; you are = you're
 
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Northern Lights said:
driv·el
ˈdrivəl/Submit
noun
1. silly nonsense.
"don't talk such drivel!"
synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; More

verb
1.talk nonsense.
"he was driveling on about the glory days"
synonyms: talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, blather, prattle, gabble, waffle
"you always drivel on"
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1. silly nonsense.
"don't talk such drivel!"
synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage, bigfoot.

Fixed it.
 
Northern Lights said:
driv·el
ˈdrivəl/Submit
noun
1. silly nonsense.
"don't talk such drivel!"
synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; More

verb
1.talk nonsense.
"he was driveling on about the glory days"
synonyms: talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, blather, prattle, gabble, waffle
"you always drivel on"
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Consider yourself Cerved ;)


Apparently your no better at calling people out on the use of the English language than you are at backing up your baseless footy claims.
 
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Jodie said:
...When you are at work, or going about life in general, has every decision or opinion you've ever had or made been correct? The answer is a resounding NO. Then why hang this person's reputation when you yourselves can't maintain that standard?
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Sorry, I don't buy it, You seem to be saying that because all of us make mistakes, no one has any right to criticize anyone else's. The problem with that kind of thinking is mistakes come in all sorts of orders of magnitude. If Ms. Hill had misspelled someone's name or got a date wrong, no sweat. But what she did goes against the very core of whom she claims to be. More damningly, she refused to explain her reasoning, and reacted poorly to perfectly legitimate questions about why she came to the opinion she did.

Sure, we all make mistakes. But some mistakes are too big to make without consequences.
 
Cervelo said:
Consider yourself Cerved ;)
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Apparently your no better at calling people out on the use of the English language than you are at backing up your baseless footy claims.
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driv·el
ˈdrivəl/Submit
noun
1.
silly nonsense.
"don't talk such drivel!"
synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; More
verb
1.
talk nonsense.
"he was driveling on about the glory days"
synonyms: talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, blather, prattle, gabble, waffle
"you always drivel on"
2.
archaiclet saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose; dribble.
 
Northern Lights said:
driv·el
ˈdrivəl/Submit
noun
1.
silly nonsense.
"don't talk such drivel!"
synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; More
verb
1.
talk nonsense.
"he was driveling on about the glory days"
synonyms: talk nonsense, talk rubbish, babble, ramble, gibber, blather, prattle, gabble, waffle
"you always drivel on"
2.
archaiclet saliva or mucus flow from the mouth or nose; dribble.
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Just as with your footy claims (dribble) repeating yourself doesn't make you right....but keeping living the dream!
 
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Stellafane said:
Sorry, I don't buy it, You seem to be saying that because all of us make mistakes, no one has any right to criticize anyone else's. The problem with that kind of thinking is mistakes come in all sorts of orders of magnitude. If Ms. Hill had misspelled someone's name or got a date wrong, no sweat. But what she did goes against the very core of whom she claims to be. More damningly, she refused to explain her reasoning, and reacted poorly to perfectly legitimate questions about why she came to the opinion she did.

Sure, we all make mistakes. But some mistakes are too big to make without consequences.
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No, I'm saying one mistake doesn't discount all of the other good things a person does, i.e. boycotting her blog. Based on what I read she did explain but what she said was rejected. I'm not certain how that went against some arbitrary border that you or anyone else happened to assume existed.
 
Cervelo said:
Sure it does.....why else would she respond with near hysterical defense of "The Monkey Man Monologue" unless she was emotionally attached to the dribble.
I think its hilarious that on one hand she runs a skeptical blog that for the most part does a good job but then has the other business that assist woo peddlers in attempting to make the woo more sciency.....way to work both sides of the fence!
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I look at Lithospherica as a way for her to educate the woo groups on what is actually science. I'm not certain how successful it will be if you don't cater to cherished beliefs but I guess we will see how it all works out. I'm more amazed by Ms. Hill's energy to bother with all of this and have a full time job. The last thing I want to do is work again after I've worked all day.
 
Jodie said:
No, I'm saying one mistake doesn't discount all of the other good things a person does, i.e. boycotting her blog. Based on what I read she did explain but what she said was rejected. I'm not certain how that went against some arbitrary border that you or anyone else happened to assume existed.
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I agree with you in that Ms. Hill's mistake shouldn't negate all the top-notch work she's previously done on other topics. But it does significantly impact her reputation going forward in my view. One of the big problems is that the Arkansas "wood ape" stuff is so mind-numbingly silly. It's hard to imagine anyone taking it remotely seriously, never mind finding it compelling. I'd say it was garden-variety Bigfootery, but in fact it doesn't even rise to that low level of credibility. And of all things, this is what Ms. Hill falls for? As for explaining herself, I've yet to see Ms. Hill supply a concise answer concerning what evidence she found most convincing in the report, other than a vague reference to its sheer bulk.

I'm not talking about setting "borders" or anything else for Ms. Hill -- she's of course free to do as she pleases irrespective of what I or anyone else thinks. What I am talking about is my opinion and respect for her work. And I believe I have every right to adjust that respect downward if someone who endeavors to promote skepticism gives credibility to something as astoundingly insipid as the "wood ape" stuff. I formerly was an avid reader of Ms. Hill's work, both on her blog and in SI. Unfortunately, I find I no longer am.
 
Jodie said:
I look at Lithospherica as a way for her to educate the woo groups on what is actually science. I'm not certain how successful it will be if you don't cater to cherished beliefs but I guess we will see how it all works out. I'm more amazed by Ms. Hill's energy to bother with all of this and have a full time job. The last thing I want to do is work again after I've worked all day.
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Hmmmm....did you read this or maybe read less into it? Its pretty clear what the stated purpose is LMAO!
 
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Cervelo said:
Hmmmm....did you read this or maybe read less into it? Its pretty clear what the stated purpose is LMAO!
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Well, one wants to be fair to Ms. Hill. Perhaps I'm missing something here (always a possibility) but to me a perfectly reasonable interpretation of this is "I'll look over your work and tell you whether or not it follows real scientific principles." I don't think it's necessarily "I'll show you how to make your stuff sound all science-y and fool people."
 
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