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A resurgence of a HAB cult?
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Aug 14, 2004
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Eckert's book "The HAB Theory" has been reprinted and seems to be enjoying both sales and true believers or converts. Maybe it was stolen from Hugh Auchincloss Brown (also HAB) "Cataclysms of the Earth" but internet cults seem newly to be catching on for the Eckert reprint. Has this been a subject of pseudoscience which I've missed in the past? References anyone can give me beyond some of the disclaimers by Amazon reader/evaluators who say his romantic passages are lousy but his science seems fine?
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The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 | 03:28 PM
I had actually never heard about the HAB theory before, so I can't give much of an answer.
A quick google search brought up this webpage: http://www.habtheory.com/ which has lots of info. For those who are clueless about the subject (like me), here's what seems like the HAB theory in a nutshell:
Humans have built several advanced civilizations on earth over the last 50,000 years, but they seem to dissapear... every 5000-7000 years; and another near-extinction is overdue.
I've forwarded your question on to my 90-year-old uncle who's an expert on weird stuff like this. Hopefully he'll have some useful info.
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G. E. Myers
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 | 02:44 AM
HAB theory was headed for an obscure newcomer in my next lecture on popular pseudo-science hoax-busting so hoped one of your sources could react to my challenge about a "following" -- didn't expect to hear from you personally as it has been a while since I sent you fan mail. Is your 90-yr-old uncle another Bursa ? G. Myers |
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