Is Sterling Allan of Peswiki fame truthful honest person?

[Pirate88179]

RB:

I agree with your assessment. Also, I find it just not credible that Sterling has now "just learned" about your poll.  With all of his friends and contacts in this small, close-knit FE community, I just don't think that is true at all.  It may very well be, I don't really know but, as I said, I do not find that credible.

Bill

[RunningBare]

http://www.99polls.com/poll_66574

Yes, I believe Sterling Allan is a sincere truthful honest person but misguided.
43 Votes (36%)
No, Sterling Allan is well aware that he continues to perpetuate a fraud bringing shame on the free energy community
78 Votes (64%)

Note, I have just deleted what I deem as racist comments from the poll, have your say but lets keep racial prejudice out of it, I check the poll daily so don't waste your time posting anymore racist remarks, they will be removed!

[RunningBare]

http://www.99polls.com/poll_66574

Yes, I believe Sterling Allan is a sincere truthful honest person but misguided.
45 Votes (36%)
No, Sterling Allan is well aware that he continues to perpetuate a fraud bringing shame on the free energy community
79 Votes (64%)

[wizardofmars]

Having read Sterling's site for a couple of years now, a few things are obvious.

Sterling has a public website (http://www.greaterthings.com/) about his Mormon religious beliefs, Bible codes, visions, the NWO, various conspiracies, etc etc.

I'm fine with people following any religion they like, but Sterling's site does show an extreme willingness to take things on faith, which leads to a magical worldview based on authority and intuition that is at odds with the scientific method based on critical thinking. As a result, it makes him an incredibly poor spokesperson for free energy, because he doesn't have a skeptical bone in his body.

It's the same reason that Dennis Lee often targets religious groups for his scams. People who are heavily invested in a religion may have already taught their brains to manage the cognitive dissonance created by divergent beliefs, so wild OU claims unsupported by evidence are sometimes more easily accepted in those groups than in the general population.

http://www.skepdic.com/cognitivedissonance.html

[also antlike]

Having read Sterling's site for a couple of years now, a few things are obvious.

Sterling has a public website (http://www.greaterthings.com/) about his Mormon religious beliefs, Bible codes, visions, the NWO, various conspiracies, etc etc.

I'm fine with people following any religion they like, but Sterling's site does show an extreme willingness to take things on faith, which leads to a magical worldview based on authority and intuition that is at odds with the scientific method based on critical thinking. As a result, it makes him an incredibly poor spokesperson for free energy, because he doesn't have a skeptical bone in his body.

It's the same reason that Dennis Lee often targets religious groups for his scams. People who are heavily invested in a religion may have already taught their brains to manage the cognitive dissonance created by divergent beliefs, so wild OU claims unsupported by evidence are sometimes more easily accepted in those groups than in the general population.

http://www.skepdic.com/cognitivedissonance.html

Wow, he is a Mormon?  I think all religions are crazy, but the Mormons are particularly so.  How can any thinking person believe all that Joseph Smith crap?  The man was such an obvious scammer.  That whole "I found gloden tablets but cannot let anyone see them" schtick!  That tells me everything I need to know about Sterling D. Allen.