Without canonizing Hancock, it should be noted that he is and has always presented himself as a journalist; and he has been consistent in reporting the theories

Without canonizing Hancock, it should be noted that he is and has always presented himself as a journalist; and he has been consistent in reporting the theories of scientists and researchers who have gone against the mainstream and had their careers damaged or destroyed, but have ultimately been proven right or at least shown that their ideas are resistant to facile dismissal. He is more in the line of an aggregator or curatorial journalist than someone who is simply dreaming things up on his own.