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Originally Posted by KB5252  I don't know how seriously it is taken but there are universities across the Americas that study this subject. They are legitimate scholars and hardly quacks. That being said I don't necessarily buy into it, I just enjoy reading about these particular cultures. |
I'm not trying to be contentious to your point but having something studied in universities doesn't necessarily carry much intellectual credibility with me. Consider:
Brown offers a course called "Black Lavender: A study of black gay and lesbian plays and dramatic construction in American theatre"
UVA can give you "Marxism: What is to be learned from it?" Described as declaring Marxism the "standard against which all subsequent social thought must be judged".
Indiana Bloomington- Star Trek & Religion
I'm sure there are numerous other examples. Anyway, I just don't want to give any subject any real degree of gravitas because somebody is studying it in a class somewhere. Finding Mayan culture interesting enough to study is one thing. Having people convince themselves that the Mayans (or whoever) figured out some date X in the future is the end/beginning/whatever is another thing entirely.