>Watching Great Courses video on Aztecs >Scholar is this

>>1622578
m o n e y

>>1622591
You really think that the History Channel is cutting big checks to professors for their 30 minute shows? If anything this type of shit would hurt your chances for grants authorized by boards of your peers, assuming you arent writing a pyrimidiot book yourself.

>>1622578
because it's the truth...

And the truth will come out, no matter what.

He's become a name guy/put his face out there.

Book publishers, readers, guest appearances in shows, etc. > peers

You have no business vision that's why you'll be poor and irrelevant whose books nobody will read /his/.

In all fairness you'll likely end up poor and irrelevant anyway.

>>1622578
>he believes in the "science men" and "scholars" are moral beacons that can't be wrong meme

>>1622610
irrelevant richfag (implying being relevant is a good thing), but yeah , if you think getting publishing deals as a professor makes you rich you need to look at actual professors who have been published, even with big book deals. I had plenty of professors with pedigrees and book deals to their name, and they were still driving to school in corollas.

>>1622615
Of course they can be wrong, and catastrophically so. But I dont understand why they would associate themselves with something that so clearly is on the current lunatic fringe.

>>1622578
>Why the fuck do legit scholars and professors get involved with these types of pseudoscience hacks?
$$$$$

>>1622599
>be me
>study paleontology
>spend most of the time with noodles in the mouth and eyes in the book
>end career, what now
>hc tells me he will give money for reading script
>wowfreemoney.jpg
>some of my peers start shunning me for my appearances
>dontcareimnotinalab24/7.gif
>still getting paid
>drive my mercedes through town
>feels good man

>>1622626
>>1622578
Could it not simply be something that he does for entertainment? He indulges in some far fetched theory surrounding an area of history he's interested in? Or as the other guy says maybe he's doing it for money and awareness to his name.

>>1622867
This is what I was thinking, what if he believed in the ancient aliens theory all along and that's the reason he took up archeology to begin with? Academia as an institution is dry, but the individuals can surprise you.

>>1622909
I haven't seen the documentary so maybe he explicitly tells you that he believes this stuff in it, but if not maybe he just does it as a fun thought experiment but don't label it as the truth.

>>1622867
Cunt

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>>1622926
you what now?