Luke Caverns

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Yeah, I was having a conversation with, like, my mentor, Dr. Ed Barnhart. He's a friend of Graham. He was one of Graham's guest experts on season two of Ancient Apocalypse when he went to the Maya realm. He and I were talking this morning, and he was like, he's like, you know, it's become a battle of, like, who has this right to talk about these things, you know?

Yeah, I was having a conversation with, like, my mentor, Dr. Ed Barnhart. He's a friend of Graham. He was one of Graham's guest experts on season two of Ancient Apocalypse when he went to the Maya realm. He and I were talking this morning, and he was like, he's like, you know, it's become a battle of, like, who has this right to talk about these things, you know?

Yeah, I was having a conversation with, like, my mentor, Dr. Ed Barnhart. He's a friend of Graham. He was one of Graham's guest experts on season two of Ancient Apocalypse when he went to the Maya realm. He and I were talking this morning, and he was like, he's like, you know, it's become a battle of, like, who has this right to talk about these things, you know?

Does the fact that I have a degree in anthropology, that's what gives me the right to have... more of an opinion on somebody else, that's kind of what it's become. And it's like one side is accosting the other over their fascinations and their interests and the fact that they're able to make a living from the things that they're fascinated about and talking about it.

Does the fact that I have a degree in anthropology, that's what gives me the right to have... more of an opinion on somebody else, that's kind of what it's become. And it's like one side is accosting the other over their fascinations and their interests and the fact that they're able to make a living from the things that they're fascinated about and talking about it.

Does the fact that I have a degree in anthropology, that's what gives me the right to have... more of an opinion on somebody else, that's kind of what it's become. And it's like one side is accosting the other over their fascinations and their interests and the fact that they're able to make a living from the things that they're fascinated about and talking about it.

And it feels like academia has become bitter because being in the academic world is a very rough and jaded place. And a lot of young aspiring archaeologists who existed, who maybe would have had an approach like me, but existed during this time where you could only... have your pursuits if the university signed off on it, right?

And it feels like academia has become bitter because being in the academic world is a very rough and jaded place. And a lot of young aspiring archaeologists who existed, who maybe would have had an approach like me, but existed during this time where you could only... have your pursuits if the university signed off on it, right?

And it feels like academia has become bitter because being in the academic world is a very rough and jaded place. And a lot of young aspiring archaeologists who existed, who maybe would have had an approach like me, but existed during this time where you could only... have your pursuits if the university signed off on it, right?

But now universities are like ideologically captured and every little thing that you do has to be aligned with the university. And so all of your fascinating ideas that you have in your mid-20s, you know, to your mid-30s when you're young and able to go off into the jungle and find something, they all get shut down by people who had their ideas shut down.

But now universities are like ideologically captured and every little thing that you do has to be aligned with the university. And so all of your fascinating ideas that you have in your mid-20s, you know, to your mid-30s when you're young and able to go off into the jungle and find something, they all get shut down by people who had their ideas shut down.

But now universities are like ideologically captured and every little thing that you do has to be aligned with the university. And so all of your fascinating ideas that you have in your mid-20s, you know, to your mid-30s when you're young and able to go off into the jungle and find something, they all get shut down by people who had their ideas shut down.

But now it's like it's the Wild West where you can have somebody like me or whoever, put together an expedition and, you know, I legally cannot start digging up the ground and excavating things, but I can go and document things and survey things on my own, you know, with local permission, whatever.

But now it's like it's the Wild West where you can have somebody like me or whoever, put together an expedition and, you know, I legally cannot start digging up the ground and excavating things, but I can go and document things and survey things on my own, you know, with local permission, whatever.