Opinion please: Is Richard C. Hoagland, of 'Face on Mars' fame, a trailblazing scientist, or a fraud? Please

Answer 1

He is merely someone who does not want to be confused by facts that contradict his pre-conceived notions.

Answer 2

Certainly not a trailblazer, because he's been proven wrong.

Not a fraud, either, because the original photos did look like a face.

How about a poor, deluded man, guilty of little more than extremely wishful thinking, unable to come to grips with new information that has blown his pet theory all to bits?

Answer 3

I would not say he is neither.
If you look at the advances in lens creation and our ability to get high quality digitally clear photos of objects in space in this age. We can not class him as a fraud. He did not have the tech we have today. He made his best assumption on what the photographic evidence showed at the time. We now in modern times have shown it to be incorrect. Science is always re-bunking past discoveries.

Should will call all the early critical thinkers as frauds because most of the early science such as: the world is flat, the solar system revolves around the earth, etc etc. Has been proved incorrect.

Answer 4

in my opinion he is a fraud to the highest degree

Answer 5

Fraud. The face on mars has been discounted in every reputable scientific circle.

Just take a look at his website (http://www.enterprisemission.com/). It's one thing to make a "mistake" in interpreting poor resolution photography. It's another thing (i.e. fraud) to stand by your initial interpretation (and profit from it) while overwhelming scientific evidence contradicts you.

Answer 6

He's probably no worse than Eric von Däniken (Chariots of the Gods, etc.) and at least as entertaining as Yuri Geller ☺


Doug