more and he spends a lot of time online and has long corresponded with john hoopes a harvard and yale trained anthropologist who specializes in central america and teaches at the university of kansas hoopes who has researched the origins of the meme calls it a fruitful exchange he knows a great deal more about this calendar stuff than many people out there who are presenting themselves as experts hoopes says he s not an academic he s not a scientist he s not an expert on the ancient maya he s a professional astrologer which is like saying this is a very qualified fortune teller nevertheless ma yks has more expertise than the typical blogger in an area few can claim to truly understand