The Great Stern Scam

There are a hundred good reasons to doubt Steorn’s claims. I’ve laid my stall out in an effort to explain why I jumped the fence into the believers’ side – at least in relation to the existence of their technology. A good friend of mine, worried about my sanity, gave me a book to read called, Selling Hitler (about a bogus set of Hitler diaries). I would recommend it to anyone. It shows how intelligent people can be duped and how ‘group think’ and wishful dreaming can cause the most ridiculous scams to gain credibility. In the case of the diaries, one of Germany’s most solid newspapers was caught out and lost millions over a period of more than a year. The diaries were obvious fakes but a number of silly errors during authentication let them pass muster. It was not lost on me that the name of this robust periodical was called, Stern. If you ever think that the Steorn phenomenon is just too big or too detailed to be a scam, then reading The Hitler Diaries will be an education indeed.

This blog is destined to be forward looking, but I think it is important that you make up your own mind with your eyes wide open and these early entries are designed to set the scene. Despite recognising the fallibility we all share with the rest of the human race, I still believe that Steorn is real. Tomorrow I will link to another incredible story that should sound a warning shot across all our bows. And yet, I continue to believe.

We need to be self-critical and guard against wishful thinking. Even so, I hope in pointing out the impossibility of Steorn’s claims, by drawing parallels with historical and grand manipulators, you will recognise the strength of my belief in Steorn. Despite it all, I am willing to risk my personal credibility and that of my writing (and therefore future) on the fact that Sean McCarthy and Steorn are telling the truth.

I can see my friend now, shaking his head in wonder.