It’s another Robert Sungenis! Another wielder of secret knowledge suppressed by the establishment, another person with "the controversial ‘bold truth.’" Though in this case, it doesn’t seem religiously motivated. As far as I can tell, his theory is that gravity can’t act on gas, so our atmosphere is held in place by . . . gasses in space pushing on it, or something like that. Sounds right up Sungenis’ alley; maybe he can use those space gasses for his luminiferous ether. I googled the author, and the similarities to Sungenis became even more marked:
- Self-published book.
- Author fudges his credentials. ". . . was a researcher for 30 years with a long-standing interest in astronomy.” Translation: he never professionally studied astronomy. “He studied Cosmology at Adler Planetarium in Chicago.” Translation: he visited the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
- Exhaustive website filled with pseudo-scientific gibberish.
- “Establishment is suppressing the truth” attitude.
- Drops comments and “press releases" all over the internet. Issues challenges to physicists, like this: "Can you give an example in nature or a sucessfel experiment to prove gravity can attract and hold gas?"
- And the clincher: a $1000 reward if someone can disprove his theory — with, of course, he himself as the person who gets to decide if it has been disproven.
In this case, I just feel kind of sad for this guy. He looks like a nice, older man. He doesn’t seem to be religiously motivated, so I can’t imagine anyone taking him seriously and doing themselves harm. Wish I could say the same about Sungenis.
I guess this just goes to show that Sungenis types are not really rare.
