What is the deal with this Micah Hanks character?

reply to post by JadeStar

Context is everything. Not all books have the same target audience.

This is it isn't it? Whoever has an interest in the paranormal field is attracted by different elements and tends towards types of thought that either reflect their own thinking or are expressed in terms that appeal to them.

There are members who have a bookcase of Timothy Good and others who might go for the Whitley Strieber/Moulton-Howe perspective. Some of the authors I've seen you recommending are authors I used to read too. It's all about which flavour of paranormal excites our senses...

Whilst Micah's outlook is usually at odds with my own, he has an audience and I respect the guy for his efforts. It takes a certain level of commitment to pin your hopes of success on a subject that gives very little back.

Although there are blatant parasites and con-merchants in the field, I don't think Micah Hanks is one of them.

FWIW - Nick Redfern's a good guy and has done a great deal of research for ~20 years. He's someone I've had a few exchanges with and one or two disagreements too. As a career writer, a lot of his output is to pay the bills and some of it is more interesting and controversial. A nice fella and the same goes for the rest of Nick's 'crew.' To my mind, they've each contributed to the sum of knowledge regarding (and surrounding) these elusive people and subjects. Paul, Greg and Nick have been friendly and helpful with me and that's good enough.

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Oh please, Jade. Nick Redferns target audience is anybody he can talk into buying his books. he's a hack and huckster.

FlyingTeacup
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Oh please, Jade. Nick Redferns target audience is anybody he can talk into buying his books. he's a hack and huckster.

Simply repeating the same thing over and over doesn't make it true.

As I said, Redfern's books are more or less chronicles of different para-subjects. They aren't INTENDED to break any new ground research wise but rather put them in a nice, neat, tidy package for the average person who may never have picked up a paranormal book.

I can't fault him on that anymore than someone like Michio Kaku's books on theoretical physics for the layperson.

Recognize that YOU are not Redfern's intended audience.

reply to post by FlyingTeacup


Oh, and apparently Micah Hanks is the sole representative of Ufology, him and his little radio network KGRA. Because Micah Hanks now claims that I have come out and attacked Ufology. What a joke. Friends, listen, this is what hucksters like Micah Hanks do, they twist criticisms of their cult around into an attack on the community as a whole. No, that is not what I am doing.

TIC TOCK, TIC TOCK, TIC TOCK

Come on Micah, you still haven't shown up to debate me, I guess you can't handle being outside your comfort zone surrounded by your Yes men. LOL

JadeStar

FlyingTeacup
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Oh please, Jade. Nick Redferns target audience is anybody he can talk into buying his books. he's a hack and huckster.

Simply repeating the same thing over and over doesn't make it true.

As I said, Redfern's books are more or less chronicles of different para-subjects. They aren't INTENDED to break any new ground research wise but rather put them in a nice, neat, tidy package for the average person who may never have picked up a paranormal book.

I can't fault him on that anymore than someone like Michio Kaku's books on theoretical physics for the layperson.

Recognize that YOU are not Redfern's intended audience.

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