He suggests that there was probably no hoax but that there was gross exaggerations and false media reports, as well as some self-fulfilling expectations by anthropologists.
证明一个事件的真实性是十分困难的,也许事物本身不是非黑即白,无法证实。而多种不同角度和不同目的性的调查研究和夸大事实的媒体报道混淆了人们思考能力和认知力。In the matter of fact, sometimes what we believe is just what we want to believe.正如上文中所说的self-fulfilling, 自我实现预期不仅是科学家或研究员所容易深陷的泥潭,任何人在做任何事都容易潜意识地掉进主观臆断中,并朝着自己想要的结果和结论的方向去研究,而在一定程度上失去了客观观照。这是所有人都容易步入的一个误区。因此,至少要有这个认知,在做任何事情时尽量以客观冷静的姿态牵引住自己的思维。