Brad Steiger Interview

[Ron Collins]

Does anyone have any information on the dinosaur with opposable thumbs and roughly humanoid? I heard something like "nakasaurus or stenakasaurus" I couldn’t find anything close to this with these described characteristics.

 

[The Pair of Cats]

Does anyone have any information on the dinosaur with opposable thumbs and roughly humanoid? I heard something like "nakasaurus or stenakasaurus" I couldn’t find anything close to this with these described characteristics.

Nakasaurus? Sounds like a dinosaur with extra large testicles. lol
Nakasaurus Rex?

 

[DBTrek]

Are there any reptiles with opposable thumbs? As far as I know this trait is found in mammals only.

 

[urkotic]

perhaps the Troodon ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodon ) apparently formerly known as "Stenonychosaurus" and perhaps someday to bear the name again if I follow that article properly

the Internet elsewhere credits them with partially opposable thumbs

 

[cottonzway]

Fantastic show.

 

[Ron Collins]

perhaps the Troodon ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodon ) apparently formerly known as "Stenonychosaurus" and perhaps someday to bear the name again if I follow that article properly

the Internet elsewhere credits them with partially opposable thumbs

Yep, that has to be it. After reading the section on "Dinosauroid" I understand his comments more. But his delivery was confusing. It almost sounded like he thought that the speculation of the evolved Troodon was a real animal. I need to listen to it again, but that was my first impression.

Thanks for the site, and the spelling. I would never have come up with that. To be honest Paleontology is a mystery to me. How you take a fragment of a tooth, foot, and skull and link them all as the same animal and then extrapolate them into a visual rendering is beyond me.

 

[Manu]

I was really impressed with Brad Steiger, and was happy to hear Gene and Dave give him the respect that I thought he deserved.

I appreciate his objectivity and clarity. A double rarity in this field.

His one interesting comment was that he doesn't think the federal government has any particular knowledge about UFOs. I used to feel that way, but have recently become convinced that they have dealt with (at least some nuts and bolts) spacecraft. Not that I'm waiting for the government to save us or reveal anything that will deepen our knowledge.

 

[spookyparadigm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb#Other_animals_with_thumbs

 

[Apocalypto]

That was a great interview and a great show. Thanks Gene and David.

Steiger: "It's the ego of the human species at this time and that becomes such an offensive thought to so many people that we are not in control"

David: "I want to be the special snow flake!" ( insert lulz here )

Steiger: "We are all one... We must begin to pull and work together. We are individual aspects of one intelligence... We're gonna have to put the ego aside, this petulant childish ego."

<b>The answers are actually very simple. The question remains, is there hope?</b>

I wrote a high school English essay that began, "Television is a thought-controlling monster." More than three decades later, that monster just keeps getting bigger and stronger. Shoot the bitch!

 

[BrandonD]

I wrote a high school English essay that began, "Television is a thought-controlling monster." More than three decades later, that monster just keeps getting bigger and stronger. Shoot the bitch!

I haven't owned one for over a decade now so I'd like to pat myself on the back...

But then again, my job is entirely computer-based, and I spend a lot of time on the computer every day. I wonder if the computer is really all that different. Though the computer may be more interactive, the strange hypnotic effect is the same whether looking at a television screen or a computer screen, in my opinion.

I think that the negative effect of TV isn't only the content, but also a quality of the technology itself. My intuition is that the light emission or "strobe" effect of this technology can put a person into something like a trance state, and it is one of the main detrimental effects of these devices. If that's the case, then I think a computer monitor has a similar negative effect.

 

[schticknz]

My biggest problem with the Steiger interview was that when he was asked for some concrete examples of ancient structures and such that point to ancient civilisations, he pointed us to the pictures in one of his books ... argghhh I hate it when that happens. I respect the fact he is an author and thats his living ... but sometimes you have to give information out without monetary gain, and I would really love to see the pictures without shelling out money I can't really afford to spend on stuff at the moment (and yes, our local library has a few Sitchins and thats about it ... nothing in the second-hand shops ... so its the internet or nothing for me, baby )

Did this annoy anyone too ... or am I just being a bit cheap?? Or ... are these pictures on a website (maybe Brad's own website) and I've just not seen them in their true light yet??

 

[mike]

i wonder if the "advantage" the pc has over the tv is that more and more we see them with inbuilt cameras and microphones.
the police are able to instruct your telco to switch the microphone on in your telephone even though its hung up in its cradle, im guessing you could do the same with a pc's input devices

 

[Brian Now]

My biggest problem with the Steiger interview was that when he was asked for some concrete examples of ancient structures and such that point to ancient civilisations, he pointed us to the pictures in one of his books ...

Did this annoy anyone too ... or am I just being a bit cheap??

It annoys me a little too, but even with pictures how do we really know where the objects really came from and how they were found?

This interview was another in a series of theoretical speculation and talk. It seems we're hearing the same thing over and over again...the "stop sylvia browne" episode was a nice change.

 

[Frozen E.T. Burrito]

That was my favorite show in quite some while. I really enjoyed the somewhat random conversational style (which not just any guest could facilitate). Just bouncing stuff back and forth and hitting so many interesting topics... it was very entertaining. I will probably listen to this show a few more times to let it all have a chance to sink in.

Also, Brad = Microsoft Sam.

 

[schticknz]

It annoys me a little too, but even with pictures how do we really know where the objects really came from and how they were found?

This interview was another in a series of theoretical speculation and talk. It seems we're hearing the same thing over and over again...the "stop sylvia browne" episode was a nice change.

I'm afraid I think I've got a penchant for hard(ish) facts rather than friendly chats. I do like the straange stories but I think we've got to try to get past the friendly story telling, and seemingly endless speculation, and start trying to nail down what is and isn't true.

Oh and if these artifacts he mentions in the programme are still around ... somebody has got to start tracking them down, and start doing good old fashioned 21st century forensics on these "things" ... whatever they may be. We've got to start seriously sifting through the "evidence" if thats at all possible.

 

[SkepticEye]

Let's just face the facts: Does Steiger really believe such things as vases are found in "solid rock" millions of years old? He is either deluded or, more likely, has cleverly found a niche as a sensationalist writer which has brought him notoriety and money. Remember that he fell hard (or seemed to) for the carved "human footprints" found associated with dinosaurs (and still reprinted in some of his books) and the spurious "human teeth" pulled from coal. For all his talk of "documenting" these finds, he primarily cites magazine and newspaper articles along with quotes from scientists taken far out of context. Steiger is a carnival sideshow. Occasionally we pay to see the sights, but are fools to take them seriously.

 

[Ron Collins]

Let's just face the facts: Does Steiger really believe such things as vases are found in "solid rock" millions of years old? He is either deluded or, more likely, has cleverly found a niche as a sensationalist writer which has brought him notoriety and money. Remember that he fell hard (or seemed to) for the carved "human footprints" found associated with dinosaurs (and still reprinted in some of his books) and the spurious "human teeth" pulled from coal. For all his talk of "documenting" these finds, he primarily cites magazine and newspaper articles along with quotes from scientists taken far out of context. Steiger is a carnival sideshow. Occasionally we pay to see the sights, but are fools to take them seriously.

I do not disagree. Steiger seems more in line with the "Entertain Them" philosophy and less of the "Inform Them" kind. When talking about prehistoric civilizations you must be able to backup your assertations with cold hard facts or else it is nothing more than an interesting thought experiment. He has some ideas he is representing as fact that are far from it. I think there are enough anomolous artifacts out there to make a reasonable hypothesis of earlier than accepted civilization, but lets not go crazy.

 

[David Biedny]

Well, I agree with all of you, Brad plays things for drama, but comes up a bit short when it comes to actual hard evidence. Hopefully, one day, The Paracast will be some big, successful show with a production budget, which will give us some $$$ for a research budget, and I'll be able to get on a plane and track down some of these supposed artifacts. A boy can dream, right?

dB

 

[pininmefin]

Well, I agree with all of you, Brad plays things for drama, but comes up a bit short when it comes to actual hard evidence. Hopefully, one day, The Paracast will be some big, successful show with a production budget, which will give us some $$$ for a research budget, and I'll be able to get on a plane and track down some of these supposed artifacts. A boy can dream, right?

dB

He also reminds me of an ol song"ramblin rose"...........

 

[schticknz]

Steiger is a good and amiable story teller there's no denying that. But the time has come to put down our childish story books, stand up straight like adult (well some of us anyway, I stopped developing at 14 ) human beings and face the facts: amazing stories get us absolutely nowhere in the end.

We need hard facts. We need to get our hands on these supposed artifacts and do some hard analysis on them. Simply looking at (dubious) old and faded photographs will just not do any more.

Any billionaires out there want to fund an institute of somekind to hunt down these artifacts once and for all? I would put my hand up but (1) I'm not a billionaire and (2) see (1).

Oh and if you do start an institute of some kind ... make sure you employ Messrs Steinberg, Biedny, Tonnies, Dolan, Ritzmann and Vaeni at least ... otherwise I'll have your guts for garters

p.s. I'll volunteer to make the tea and provide a constant supply of delicious biscuits and chocolate.