tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post8688532578017260968..comments2023-10-26T09:46:09.197-04:00Comments on BIRDS ETCETERA: Memoirs and Ivory-billed Woodpeckers: Altered RealitiesJohn L. Trapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-75433729326781927362010-02-19T14:30:33.795-05:002010-02-19T14:30:33.795-05:00I see your point, CT, but must respectively disagr...I see your point, CT, but must respectively disagree. While these hoaxes may persuade the minority of people still straddling the fence on this issue to jump to the skeptic's side, I think the vast majority of true believers will remain unswayed by this type of dishonesty, and instead continue to hang their hopes on the more persuasive evidence that has been gathered by the likes of investigators at Auburn and Cornell.John L. Trapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001532550767505335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364158.post-19406425431002469382010-02-19T14:04:57.998-05:002010-02-19T14:04:57.998-05:00"Claims of sightings (or even photographs) by..."Claims of sightings (or even photographs) by folks like Steve Sheridan and Daniel Rainsong, and others before them, help perpetuate the fiction of the continued existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker..."<br /><br />I disagree John; I think exposed hoaxes or insincere claims are one of the most damaging elements to a belief in IBWO's continued existence -- dozens more fencepost-sitters will now, in exasperation, jump ship to the fully skeptical side because of this Rainsong episode. Hoaxes totally take the focus away from where it should be.cyberthrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883119145892591610noreply@blogger.com