My name is Gary, I'm from Maine and have been an on and off listener to the Paracast as well as a couple other podcasts for 4 or 5 years. I recently got back to the Paracast and after catching up on the last few months worth of programing I felt I had to point out something that I feel is a big turn off. There's just too much time spent discrediting others in the field. When this goes on for 30+ minutes it gets very tiring. It seems that's a trend in this community, perhaps for the drama, maybe as a response to back stabbing or whatever the reason but as a listener it isn't entertaining or informative. It is enough to state that so and so can't produce his MIT degree and no one can find such proof then move on.
I think you get some very interesting guests on your show and it would be nice to hear them talk about their specific fields of interests rather than egg them on to offer up dirt on this guy or the other. You do a great job when you stay on topic.
I used to work as an industrial automation engineer and sometimes I would get feedback from customers who would tell me how some competitor said something to discredit my work or advice. I would explain that this is just a case of someone trying to make me look bad in order to make themselves look good with little effort as possible - which is a pretty sorry way to promote themselves.
Being that this is still the best podcast around, it could be better and would be more professional and much more interesting if you kept the guests on topic. I think that David Childress's hollow moon ideas are plain nonsense but this is what I "tune in" for and I find it entertaining. He does make you at least consider his ideas if for no other reason then to debunk them in your own mind. That's the kind of thing that forces us to push the envelope, like a mental downhill run on a roller coaster.
Thanks for listening...
Best regards,
Gary
I think you get some very interesting guests on your show and it would be nice to hear them talk about their specific fields of interests rather than egg them on to offer up dirt on this guy or the other. You do a great job when you stay on topic.
I used to work as an industrial automation engineer and sometimes I would get feedback from customers who would tell me how some competitor said something to discredit my work or advice. I would explain that this is just a case of someone trying to make me look bad in order to make themselves look good with little effort as possible - which is a pretty sorry way to promote themselves.
Being that this is still the best podcast around, it could be better and would be more professional and much more interesting if you kept the guests on topic. I think that David Childress's hollow moon ideas are plain nonsense but this is what I "tune in" for and I find it entertaining. He does make you at least consider his ideas if for no other reason then to debunk them in your own mind. That's the kind of thing that forces us to push the envelope, like a mental downhill run on a roller coaster.
Thanks for listening...
Best regards,
Gary