Except nowhere in that video did he say anything of substance, or offer any proof of anything...just a bunch of standard conspiracy theorist doom-babble.

IMO it just goes to show you how much we put 'scientists' on a pedestal. If you took the craziest loon on this site (cough Zakk Tull cough) and put him through University for his PhD, a few years later you'd have people quoting him as a credible source for proof that the world is run by shape changing lizard men.

Having an education doesn't magically stop a person from being a nut, or an opportunist.

Real scientists operate on the scientific method, and for a scientist, this guy doesn't seem remotely interested or concerned with factual data.