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From: SGBConsult@aol.com
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 16:14:17 -0500
Fwd Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 09:56:26 -0500
Subject: Richard Hoagland

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In a crossposted message dated 96-12-24 01:04:38 EST, Ronan wote:

>  Richard Hoagland, for those of you haven't heard him speak, can go
>  on and on, and talk about nothing.  This is why a five hour forum,
>  like the Art_Bell radio show, is an excellent opportunity for him to
>  talk about nothing.

I would doubt there is anyone on the planet who would argue that Dick
Hoagland isn't capable of going on and on.   However, the listener's dilemma
is not falling into the "nothing", but knowing enough to keep up.

Hoagland is possibly the most brilliant and most original thinker plowing the
UFOlogical terrain.   Oscar Wilde once mentioned that as a young boy he went
for the first time to a not insubstantial library where he was enthralled to
see the vast shelves of books.  He committed immediately to himself that he
would read them all.   He didn't, of course, but one has to admire the
thought.   Hoagland wants to know it all.

Most would agree that in the postparadigm world (one in which
extraterrestrial presence is a given), significant resources will be devoted
to reexamining all of cultural and scientific history.  Each piece of new
information will be collated with that history - producing a new
understanding of past events.

Dick Hoagland is not a patient man.  He is trying to figure it out in
advance.

Imagine a Paleolithic man coming upon a pristine Mecedes 450SL which happened
to have dropped through a worm hole.   Paleoman could simply take notice and
wait for his ancestors to figure it out.  On the other hand, why wait.
Paleoman tries to understand the Mercedes by running his hands over it,
looking through the windows and measuring the thing to death.   You have to
admire the effort.

Hoagland is a synthesizing thinker.  He can speak on a dozen disciplines in
the same exchange and not break stride.  Because he knows so much about so
many fields, he is trying to connect the dots -- all the dots.

It is difficult to follow, at times maddening, and at times totally out in
left field.   But left field is still in the park, and when someone really
pushes the envelope (with hard, not soft thinking), they sometimes take the
rest of us along with them to breakthrough understanding.

Steve Bassett
SGBConsult

P.S.

I have to confess to being a "Bellhead".    I have no trouble saying, with
the caveat that at least once a week the show goes completely over the falls,
that Bell's show is the most provocative, interesting and daring exposition
in media today.  I predict it will destroy the circadian rhythms of millions.


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