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He also said that it was a shopping bag, so it was a "gift from the Gods". /s

Let's not bring up that questionable credentials dude here.

I think it's worth bringing up someone who says something for a long time and then is proven correct.

But was he saying it based on evidence or was it just something he wanted to be true? (Genuine question, I know nothing of the person.) Often someone believes something strongly against available evidence and is then "proven correct" - this doesn't show good reasoning or foresight, just the wishful thinking to pin one's hopes on an unlikely outcome. In those cases there is usually nothing to be learned from that person.

Without canonizing Hancock, it should be noted that he is and has always presented himself as a journalist; and he has been consistent in reporting the theories of scientists and researchers who have gone against the mainstream and had their careers damaged or destroyed, but have ultimately been proven right or at least shown that their ideas are resistant to facile dismissal.

He is more in the line of an aggregator or curatorial journalist than someone who is simply dreaming things up on his own.

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