| Letty are you about?? 13:33 - Oct 18 with 1448 views | Keno |
I'm watching a Netflix programme by Graham Hancock on ancient civilisations and just wondered where he ranks on the Francis Pryor scale? |  |
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| Letty are you about?? on 13:45 - Oct 18 with 1408 views | leitrimblue |
If Francis Pryor is a full 10 on the Francis scale Hancock may be the only 11.
Actually a few months ago some friends/colleagues were trying to get me to go on I think it was a podcast with Graham Hancock. I believe they thought it would be very funny.. |  | | |
| Letty are you about?? on 13:47 - Oct 18 with 1400 views | Keno |
| Letty are you about?? on 13:45 - Oct 18 by leitrimblue |
If Francis Pryor is a full 10 on the Francis scale Hancock may be the only 11.
Actually a few months ago some friends/colleagues were trying to get me to go on I think it was a podcast with Graham Hancock. I believe they thought it would be very funny.. |
haha!!
But there are 23000 year old footprints in the salt flats in New Mexico, they may be next to dinosaur ones or I have got confused | |
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| Letty are you about?? on 13:49 - Oct 18 with 1385 views | leitrimblue |
| Letty are you about?? on 13:47 - Oct 18 by Keno |
haha!!
But there are 23000 year old footprints in the salt flats in New Mexico, they may be next to dinosaur ones or I have got confused |
That's nothing, you wait til my new book: The Archaeological Evidence for Giants, Fairies, Dwarves and Gnomes comes out!
Gonna be life changing | | | |
| Letty are you about?? on 13:54 - Oct 18 with 1368 views | Keno |
| Letty are you about?? on 13:49 - Oct 18 by leitrimblue |
That's nothing, you wait til my new book: The Archaeological Evidence for Giants, Fairies, Dwarves and Gnomes comes out!
Gonna be life changing |
"The Archaeological Evidence for Giants, Fairies, Dwarves and Gnomes"
also know as "A night out in Leitrim" | |
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| Letty are you about?? on 14:02 - Oct 18 with 1337 views | leitrimblue |
| Letty are you about?? on 13:54 - Oct 18 by Keno |
"The Archaeological Evidence for Giants, Fairies, Dwarves and Gnomes"
also know as "A night out in Leitrim" |
Yep, standard night out in Biddys Bar Manorhamilton | | | |
| Letty are you about?? on 14:06 - Oct 18 with 1330 views | Help |
Hasn't he and his colleagues released all sorts of books on jesus, Mary Magdalen and the holy grail etc. UFO's or am I getting confused |  |
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| Letty are you about?? on 14:11 - Oct 18 with 1319 views | leitrimblue |
| Letty are you about?? on 14:06 - Oct 18 by Help |
Hasn't he and his colleagues released all sorts of books on jesus, Mary Magdalen and the holy grail etc. UFO's or am I getting confused |
Yer, that's him. All kinds of pseudo archaeological and historical fantasy/ half truths, sold as historical fact is sort of his signature. | | | |
| Letty are you about?? on 17:35 - Oct 18 with 1156 views | Dubtractor |
| Letty are you about?? on 14:11 - Oct 18 by leitrimblue |
Yer, that's him. All kinds of pseudo archaeological and historical fantasy/ half truths, sold as historical fact is sort of his signature. |
There are a couple of people I'm friends with on facebook, who tend to share conspiracy type stuff, who are very excited about this new series.
I watched half an episode of the first series, as on paper it seemed like my bag, but it was so very obviously being ultra selective with what it was choosing to accept that it screamed as being suspect. That and the fact that every other sentence seemed to be sneering at 'conventional' archaeology. |  |
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| Letty are you about?? on 11:02 - Oct 19 with 1045 views | leitrimblue |
| Letty are you about?? on 17:35 - Oct 18 by Dubtractor |
There are a couple of people I'm friends with on facebook, who tend to share conspiracy type stuff, who are very excited about this new series.
I watched half an episode of the first series, as on paper it seemed like my bag, but it was so very obviously being ultra selective with what it was choosing to accept that it screamed as being suspect. That and the fact that every other sentence seemed to be sneering at 'conventional' archaeology. |
I also have a couple of friends who are mad for the whole early secret civilisation thing. The thing is the 3 of us have been mates since we were kids, but I think they believe I'm hiding the secret from um. Luckily it's very good natured and quite amusing. They will watch some made up YouTube vudeo about giant footsteps or something and then expect me to explain it.  I should film it some time.
There is something intriguing enough about alternative early Histories and many archaeologists/historians really haven't helped to dispel them by regularly claiming historical theory as fact. You only have to watch for example a documentary on say Stonehenge on the BBC and you will have one of their regular 'archaeological experts' tell you stuff that they know is just an idea or theory as if it's an historical fact.
I think I also watched about the same amount of the most recent Hancock one as yerself, if its the one that's been around for about the last 6 months or more?
Was just to awful to continue with. Actually, to be honest I was giving out to the TV and criticising it so badly that my partner couldn't take anymore and she turned it off. | | | |
| Letty are you about?? on 12:34 - Oct 19 with 921 views | leitrimblue |
| Letty are you about?? on 12:08 - Oct 19 by lightuser |
People like Hancock really irritate me too. They are just grifters, being deliberately dis-honest, peddling half-baked lies as "theories/facts"to non-scientific minded/trained people.
I'll stick with Youtubers like Stefan Milo and Anton Petrov, presenting evidence and discussion topics in a non sensationalist but still interesting manner for laymen like me.
As a matter of interest, do you follow any youtubers channels within your community? [Post edited 19 Oct 2024 13:44]
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The thing is there's a lot more money in sensational pseudo history/archaeology then there is in the real thing. People generally don't wanna read dry excavation reports and sensational theories though deliberately dishonest sell more books or get more viewers.
I don't really follow anyone but I may take a look at the couple you've mentioned over the weekend.
In my profession I'm quite well known for being willing to deal with pseudo/ alternative archaeological types . Most don't want the hassle but I find it all quite amusing and makes a change from working with developers etc.
So I often have other archaeologists contact me an trying to pass on cliants/queries from alternative archaeology.
There just so random, ranging from people calling themselves Merlin to a man called Bitcoin King who was trying to pay me a lot of bitcoin to excavate a hill in Ireland that he believed reoresented the eye of a large Salmon/pike landscape sculpture that could only be seen from the air like the Nazca lines | | | |
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