LOL im already rich in ways beyond measure, so thats not an issue for me
As for believer, well yes to a degree thats correct, but i am also of the i want to know camp, more than i am of the i want to believe camp
There is a distinct difference in the methodologys
This is closer to my pov
Ive been to various lectures on this subject, you always have to pay at the door, thats nothing new. The venue has to be hired the presenters airfares and accomodation has to be payed for. But as anyone who knows this genre knows, no one gets rich from it. But you know it may even be helpful if some do, we need "professional" researchers. People who can earn a living pursuing a subject they find important full time instead of being part time researchers. I dont get the objection to money aspect. If someone can make a living researching this topic good on em i say.
Oh i get the potential for taint where money is concerned, there will be those who hoax for cash. But Surgeons get paid well, it doesnt therefore follow that since they get paid to do it, what they do is hokum. Perhaps ufology needs some "professional" researchers. The mere fact they make money like a surgeon, doesnt automatically make them suspect
But its the same model regardless of the genre, when Peter Capaldi did his world tour promoting the new doctor who, we paid at the door to see him. Thats the way things work. Pick any topic where someone gets up on a stage and presents something, there is almost always a cost