What do Archaeologists & BAJRites think about Climate Change ?

[BAJR Host]

Give the Carl Sagan moment on another thread.. I just have to share this from those at Sexy Archaeology

http://sexyarchaeology.org/?p=901

here is a taster!

I, along with several other websites, received an email this week with details on a new series being developed for the History Channel called Seekers 2012. Here?s what the email said:

Mr. Hunt,

I am working on a documentary series for the History Channel focusing on the Mayan prediction that 2012 will be the END OF DAYS. We will be taking an academic approach to the mysterious prophecies set out by the Mayans and other cultures. We are looking for two investigators/researchers to host the series. Ideally our investigative team will be comprised of a man and a woman between the ages of 26 and 55, who are scientists, investigators and adventurers.

We are looking for people with advanced degrees (Anthropology, Ethnology, Mesoamerican studies etc. with an interest in 2012) who are open, curious and rigorous. Because this is a television series these investigators must also be articulate, passionate, knowledgeable and comfortable in front of an audience and a camera.

In each episode our Hosts will scour the globe investigating these ?End of Days? prophesies and other unexplained phenomena from history and the world. These Hosts will share their questions, investigative techniques, knowledge and gut instincts with the audience, as they seek answers to some of the world?s oldest and most ominous predictions.

If you or anybody you know may be interested, please feel free to pass this email along or contact me directly. More information as well as an application can be found at our website: Seekers 2012

Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing from you.

I groaned; deep and guttural, my head hit the desk. I hadn?t groaned as hard in months, not since I?d received an offer to host a series called Aliens Did It. Once again, pseudoscientific beliefs were attempting to get their foot in the door of public entertainment under the guise of ?scientific investigation?. I raised my head and cracked my knuckles. This time it was personal. This time it was trying to slip its slimy paws around archaeology. Well I wasn?t about to stand for it.

it ends with the immortal quote...

....Do me a favor producers of Seekers 2012, stop peddling pseudoscience. Stop trying to make a dime off of people?s paranoia. Stop promoting that misunderstanding. Stop misconstruing history and stop fucking with archaeology.

Sincerely disgusted,

Kurt Thomas Hunt
SexyArchaeology.org

now please please read the rest here:

http://sexyarchaeology.org/?p=901