I googled Eric and was swamped with pages about his apparent addiction to meth. Hope its not true..
Quote from: pomodoro on November 10, 2014, 02:10:06 AM
I googled Eric and was swamped with pages about his apparent addiction to meth. Hope its not true..
Yes-it is true. Eric hit rock bottom for a few years there, and just as he started to get back on his feet, Arron thd rookie hoodwinked him.
Several people went to considerable effort and expense to help Eric Dollard when he was deathly ill and then when he was better to try and set him up in a new lab facility. It did not go well and Eric Dollard ended-up cooperating with Aaron.
This was a couple years ago. Aaron and him are best buddies now. Birds of the same feather, they f... together.
On his official site he denies drug use and attacks some person with an Arab name. Very weird and sad ending for this 80s icon.
If I remembered correctly, there was a person who actually sold his house to invest in the new lab facility for Eric. A lot of people across the country sent money and/or electronic stuff to contribute to the cause. I was very excited to hear about this and checked my youtube favorite channels everyday for updates on it. Then, I started hearing about Aaron and after a while, the Meth. stories started to pop up here and there.
I refused to believe it at first, but then I saw an interview of Eric uncut. He had a very pessimistic and nasty attitude toward the OU community. He said that the people in the forums are "useless" and they didn't know "sh.." I was very shocked to see this and after some time, it finally sank into my subconscious that he's not what we all thought he was.
FYI folks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSqvQwqIsk&feature=player_detailpage#t=2457 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSqvQwqIsk&feature=player_detailpage#t=2457)
Bob
Quote from: pomodoro on November 10, 2014, 09:40:27 AM
On his official site he denies drug use and attacks some person with an Arab name. Very weird and sad ending for this 80s icon.
I am pretty sure that there was and may still be You Tube video where he talked about his meth use.
Quote from: Bob Smith on November 10, 2014, 12:35:59 PM
FYI folks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSqvQwqIsk&feature=player_detailpage#t=2457 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSqvQwqIsk&feature=player_detailpage#t=2457)
Bob
It's really sad.
I cannot for the life of me figure out what all the fuss is about Eric Dollard. He talks and talks and doesn't really say anything new or even interesting. And to compare him to Telsa is a travesty. I have more interesting stuff surrounding me here in my little self-funded laboratory than I have ever seen from Eric Dollard. People give him money, electronic gear and all the rest and he can't seem to put together any kind of new or interesting demonstrations. But he sure can talk. And talk and talk. Call him "Tesla 2.0"? What a joke. I doubt if he could even begin to understand the work of the Corum brothers.
Restringing up power lines out in the desert in an attempt to pick up power was a crackpot project. This is going on two years ago now, did anything come of it? If I recall that was supposed to be the main purpose of the donation campaign.
Then there was Quebec '89 and the giant geomagnetic storm... Too bad Eric wasn't out there scooping up energy and charging his giant capacitor banks.
Quote from: MarkE on November 10, 2014, 03:57:32 PM
It's really sad.
I seen Dollard called a meth head here before, but ignored them due to the source...for some reason I decided to follow the link to this latest 'meth head' smear job.
Apparently 'meth head's' lose their teeth, which Dollard reminded the interviewer of as he pointed that he had all his own teeth, when the meth issue was raised.
Dollard exhibited no signs of mental unstability and made no negative statements throughout the interview, or to anyone on ou.co as far as I know...so why the smear tactics ?
I can well understand if someone says he's full of sh!t, but this 'meth head' crap is totally uncalled for.
Regards...
Quote from: Cap-Z-ro on November 11, 2014, 12:10:50 AM
I seen Dollard called a meth head here before, but ignored them due to the source...for some reason I decided to follow the link to this latest 'meth head' smear job.
Apparently 'meth head's' lose their teeth, which Dollard reminded the interviewer of as he pointed that he had all his own teeth, when the meth issue was raised.
Dollard exhibited no signs of mental unstability and made no negative statements throughout the interview, or to anyone on ou.co as far as I know...so why the smear tactics ?
I can well understand if someone says he's full of sh!t, but this 'meth head' crap is totally uncalled for.
Regards...
In the linked video at the linked time Eric Dollard was disparaging people who literally saved his life, got him out of his beer can filled car suffering pneumonia as I recall, and spent a lot of money setting him up. One guy sold his house to fund the project.
As to the meth, I rely on Eric Dollard's own comments that were on a posted video.
As far as I am concerned he just hasn't said anything unusual that he's backed with decent evidence. I regard him about the same way I do the people who shout at the air on Venice Beach.
@Mark
QuoteIn the linked video at the linked time Eric Dollard was disparaging people who
literally saved his life, got him out of his beer can filled car suffering
pneumonia as I recall, and spent a lot of money setting him up. One guy sold
his house to fund the project.
As to the meth, I rely on Eric Dollard's own comments that were on a posted video.
As far as I am concerned he just hasn't said anything unusual that he's backed with decent evidence.
I regard him about the same way I do the people who shout at the air on Venice Beach.
It would be a bad feeling to finally understand one was chasing smoke and mirrors, a lifetime spent believing success was just around the corner which never came to be. I chase my wife instead... way more fun especially if there's a few beer involved.
In any case there is a lesson here and if people want to forsake everyone and everything in their life to chase a dream then they should understand it seldom ends well.
Hope for the best but plan for the worst.
AC
Bruce Depalma, inventor of the "N" machine, believed drug use helps free inventors from established misconceptions.
Quote from: TinselKoala on November 10, 2014, 10:50:02 PM
I cannot for the life of me figure out what all the fuss is about Eric Dollard. He talks and talks and doesn't really say anything new or even interesting. And to compare him to Telsa is a travesty. I have more interesting stuff surrounding me here in my little self-funded laboratory than I have ever seen from Eric Dollard. People give him money, electronic gear and all the rest and he can't seem to put together any kind of new or interesting demonstrations. But he sure can talk. And talk and talk. Call him "Tesla 2.0"? What a joke. I doubt if he could even begin to understand the work of the Corum brothers.
Like the "Solar Bar Bird".
Many People are weak and develop bad habits. So, nothing new there.
If someone invents a real OU machine or a real alternative energy harvesting device, I would forgive every thing, even drug addiction or being a bad person in any sense.
The real failure of Eric Dollard and similar persons is the nonsense and deception they spread. They never produce a useful device and tell lies over and over again. Let's condemn him and his likes for their really great sin, deceiving and telling lies.
Greetings, Conrad