Nick Begich is the author of Angels don't play this HAARP, a book that suggests that the HAARP facility is some kind of advanced weapon.
His claimed credentials are (from his own web site):
http://www.earthpulse.com/src/category.asp?catid=13
The OIU appears to be a diploma mill, in fact it's been described as the "grandfather" of diploma mills, with several affiliates around the world. The degrees it provides are not even valid in Sri Lanka, according to the Indian government.
http://skepdic.com/diplomamill.html
Begich sells a wide variety of products on his web site, and it would seem to be in his interest to continue to promote a variety of bunk.
http://www.earthpulse.com/src/productindex.asp#
Many of the articles on his web site link directly into a related product in his store. He has a direct monetary interest in promoting his unlikely theories as holding water.
Begich updated his web site in 2010 to add the phrase "honoris causa" (indicating an honorary degree), prior to that the bio read
http://web.archive.org/web/20100123141213/http://www.earthpulse.com/src/category.asp?catid=13
and now reads
His claimed credentials are (from his own web site):
http://www.earthpulse.com/src/category.asp?catid=13
Begich received Doctor of Medicine (Medicina Alternitiva), honoris causa, for independent work in health and political science, from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines, Colombo, Sri Lanka, in November 1994.
The OIU appears to be a diploma mill, in fact it's been described as the "grandfather" of diploma mills, with several affiliates around the world. The degrees it provides are not even valid in Sri Lanka, according to the Indian government.
http://skepdic.com/diplomamill.html
http://www.earthpulse.com/src/productindex.asp#
Many of the articles on his web site link directly into a related product in his store. He has a direct monetary interest in promoting his unlikely theories as holding water.
Begich updated his web site in 2010 to add the phrase "honoris causa" (indicating an honorary degree), prior to that the bio read
http://web.archive.org/web/20100123141213/http://www.earthpulse.com/src/category.asp?catid=13
and now reads