I agree he is anti-establishment. I absolutely love that these people exist. They may not always be 100% right, but they are brave enough to risk their career and rock the boat leading to people starting to think critically and potentially leading to new discoveries. Science is not concluded, it is an ever evolving process. If an industry has built a business around established science then it's time for them to go.
I would add that nearly every industry could benefit from fearless people willing to risk their careers to shake things up. On a related note there is a Netflix series called Ancient Apocalypse based on the research of Graham Hancock, another person entirely despised by academics and HN has many academics. As with most Netflix series they drag out each episode to be much longer than required to cover the subject material and it spends 60% of the time just watching him walk against different backgrounds, but the primary subject material is thought provoking.
But that is my own take and my own preference. I can see how it would make industries and investors fearful, as it should.
I would add that nearly every industry could benefit from fearless people willing to risk their careers to shake things up. On a related note there is a Netflix series called Ancient Apocalypse based on the research of Graham Hancock, another person entirely despised by academics and HN has many academics. As with most Netflix series they drag out each episode to be much longer than required to cover the subject material and it spends 60% of the time just watching him walk against different backgrounds, but the primary subject material is thought provoking.
But that is my own take and my own preference. I can see how it would make industries and investors fearful, as it should.