Lesson Learned - Dubious Sources

5thElement · 01-08-2010, 10:52 PM

Let me start with a

I linked the following article in the Indigo Children thread and thought I would start a new thread to discuss it - however upon looking at the link I discovered a new disclaimer:
The following text is an excerpt from the book Big Brain by Gary Lynch and Richard Granger, and it represents their own theory about the Boskops. The theory is a controversial one; see, for instance, paleoanthropologist John Hawks' much different take.

Original article:
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/the...marter-than-us

So in trying to be a discerning researcher

I researched all three sources. Here is what I found...
http://us.macmillan.com/author/garylynch

http://us.macmillan.com/author/richardgranger
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/hawks/hawks.html

I couldn't dig anything up on Hawks - seems like he may be the one here without an agenda.

Bit of a bummer for me as I was intrigued by the idea of "proof" on a more "intelligent" ancestor

Follow the money... lesson learned

El

Karen · 01-08-2010, 11:29 PM

The first link doesn't work because the forum software shortens links and when they are copied, they don't work. You have to click the original link on the forum and fetch the URL from there, or right click on the link and choose copy link.

01-08-2010, 10:52 PM	#1
5thElement Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NW USA Posts: 117	Lesson Learned - Dubious Sources Let me start with a I linked the following article in the Indigo Children thread and thought I would start a new thread to discuss it - however upon looking at the link I discovered a new disclaimer: The following text is an excerpt from the book Big Brain by Gary Lynch and Richard Granger, and it represents their own theory about the Boskops. The theory is a controversial one; see, for instance, paleoanthropologist John Hawks' much different take. Original article: http://discovermagazine.com/2009/the...marter-than-us So in trying to be a discerning researcher I researched all three sources. Here is what I found... http://us.macmillan.com/author/garylynch http://us.macmillan.com/author/richardgranger http://johnhawks.net/weblog/hawks/hawks.html I couldn't dig anything up on Hawks - seems like he may be the one here without an agenda. Bit of a bummer for me as I was intrigued by the idea of "proof" on a more "intelligent" ancestor Follow the money... lesson learned El Last edited by 5thElement; 01-08-2010 at 11:38 PM. Reason: corrected link

01-08-2010, 11:29 PM	#2
Karen Project Avalon Organizer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NE Oregon boondocks, USA Posts: 1,767	Re: Lesson Learned - Dubious Sources The first link doesn't work because the forum software shortens links and when they are copied, they don't work. You have to click the original link on the forum and fetch the URL from there, or right click on the link and choose copy link.