# The Bad Astronomer goes a few more rounds with some lunatic.

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**Created:** [March 16, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-goes-a-few-more-rounds-with-some-lunatic/234623 "2004-03-16T13:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-goes-a-few-more-rounds-with-some-lunatic/234623/1 "2004-03-16T13:51:20Z")

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[Link](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040315.html)

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> Lately, Plait has heard Hoagland explain his views frequently on the late-night Coast to Coast AM radio show, which is heard on hundreds of stations. Meanwhile, a phenomenal flow of images from NASA’s Mars rovers has created a cottage industry in scientific speculation about the red planet, at Hoagland’s web site and elsewhere.
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> “I’ve let this fester long enough,” Plait wrote recently on his web site, badastronomy.com. “This kind of pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it’s no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.”

Another loser bites the dust, thanks to our very own Bad Astronomer. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-astronomer-goes-a-few-more-rounds-with-some-lunatic/234623/2 "2004-03-16T13:55:34Z")

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> **[Our Bad Astronomer in the news again](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245287)**
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> http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery\_monday\_040315.html Phil battle wackos who see faces in everything. Most interestingly, he proves his point with a face of Lenin that he found in the drops of water on his shower curtain.

I’m sorry for the duplicate. Can a Mod close this out for me, please?