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I'm getting a bit off topic here but regarding the pseudo-archaeology that's popular on YouTube: Graham Hancock (who had a 10 part Netflix series called Ancient

I'm getting a bit off topic here but regarding the pseudo-archaeology that's popular on YouTube: Graham Hancock (who had a 10 part Netflix series called Ancient Apocalypse about an advanced global civilization during/before the last glacial maximum) recently appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast alongside Flint Dibble who is an archaeologist that does public communication on YouTube. At least according to my own YouTube bubble it seems we are in a pretty big moment for pseudo-archaeology! Here's an informal discussion about it from Stefan Milo who I highly recommend for anyone intereated in prehistory: https://youtu.be/rWugM4XRPuc?si=EkO5PEAKRAIYYRJD https://youtu.be/rWugM4XRPuc?si=EkO5PEAKRAIYYRJD I have seen another good quality video summarising the debate on the podcast but annoyingly I cannot remember it to share, maybe someone else can share a fun resource (unfortunately the Joe Rogan podcast is way too long for me to actually listen to)!

throwawaycities 2y ago
Graham has been appearing on Rogan’s podcast for years now. It’s Grahams exposure from Rogan that actually got Graham his Netflix show not the other way around. In terms of proliferation of “pseudo archeology” - whatever that is - yes, lots of people are realizing they can profit from this, so more content than ever is being created to monetize the attention capture. It’s not unlike flat earth content that people have been able to successfully monetize. It’s not all bad, Graham is no doubt responsible for getting people interested in history, archeology, and even geology. It’s really not societies fault they are ill equipped to exercise independent and critical thinking, much less the not having the skill sets, tools and resources to evaluate the existing archeological record. Though for the people that want to make a career out of it, I’d rather see them obtain formal educations and contribute in meaningful ways in lieu of the majority of the grifting type social media content…most people probably have the capability to become educated about the actual science and they’d also learn pretty quickly there is no vast conspiracy to hide history/prehistory as much of the monetized social media promotes.

throwawaycities 2y ago

Graham has been appearing on Rogan’s podcast for years now. It’s Grahams exposure from Rogan that actually got Graham his Netflix show not the other way around. In terms of proliferation of “pseudo archeology” - whatever that is - yes, lots of people are realizing they can profit from this, so more content than ever is being created to monetize the attention capture. It’s not unlike flat earth content that people have been able to successfully monetize. It’s not all bad, Graham is no doubt responsible for getting people interested in history, archeology, and even geology. It’s really not societies fault they are ill equipped to exercise independent and critical thinking, much less the not having the skill sets, tools and resources to evaluate the existing archeological record. Though for the people that want to make a career out of it, I’d rather see them obtain formal educations and contribute in meaningful ways in lieu of the majority of the grifting type social media content…most people probably have the capability to become educated about the actual science and they’d also learn pretty quickly there is no vast conspiracy to hide history/prehistory as much of the monetized social media promotes.