Martin Stower wrote:

> Origyptian wrote:
>
> > Martin Stower wrote:
> >
> > > All of this stuff about Vyse frantically changing the marks
> > > (why would he?) has been properly consigned to La-La Land.
> > >
> > > M.
> > >
> >
> > Oh no, please tell us you did NOT mean to ask "why would
> he?"!
>
> I meant exactly that.
>
> Vyse’s alleged motivation: fame.
>
> Finding any inscriptions in the pyramid would get him
> that, without his taking crazy risks. Why would he risk it all
> by frantically editing what he’d found? As ever, the theory
> makes Vyse a puppet who conveniently does what the theorist
> wants him to have done. It does not make sense on any
> realistic account of human behaviour and motivation. Leave it
> to La-La Land.
>
> Please, Philip, you are wasting your time with this stuff.
> Read Sitchin. See where this stuff is coming from. Learn to
> recognise the factoids and ideology which make it seem
> plausible. Get past it.
>
> M.
>

Actually, the motive I see is not fame, it's competition. I think it's clear in "Operations..." that Vyse was feeling competitive pressure to come up with something significant - something that would earn him prime real estate in history - before his budget ran dry.

Earlier you mentioned that Vyse was independently wealthy; I am unaware of that and would love to see a reference about that.

I'm also unsure what you think would be the reason that people make Vyse a "puppet who conveniently does what the theorist wants him to have done". What do you think poeple gain by wrongly discrediting Vyse?