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Same I thought I jumped into something elseThis thread ... definitely took a turn I was not expecting.
Same I thought I jumped into something elseThis thread ... definitely took a turn I was not expecting.
I'm caught on you knowing a lot of racist dudes. As for their tastes, yeah, there's that. Not my sense of GH, though.I don't know this guy, but I know a lot of racist dudes, and they love marrying Asian and Latin American women, for a variety of all terrible reasons.
Through work. I'm not inviting them over to my house or into my social circle.I'm caught on you knowing a lot of racist dudes.
What's your line of work, if I may ask?Through work. I'm not inviting them over to my house or into my social circle.
What's your line of work, if I may ask?
Hmm... well, to quote the Wiki:You're completely missing the point. Netflix is an entertainment service, and puts out shows that they think people will watch. Hancock is a popular author. Millions of people watch or listen to Joe Rogan. I mentioned Rogan as an example of Hancock being known to many people, and thus giving a certain base audience for a show.
It has absolutely nothing to do with whether you, me, or any other individual or subset of individuals, think Hancock or Rogan is "legit."
Make of that what you will...The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) objected to the classification of the series as a documentary and requested that Netflix reclassify it as science fiction. The SAA also stated that the series: "repeatedly and vigorously dismisses archaeologists and the practice of archaeology with aggressive rhetoric, willfully seeking to cause harm to our membership and our profession in the public eye; ... the theory it presents has a long-standing association with racist, white supremacist ideologies; does injustice to Indigenous peoples; and emboldens extremists"
What's your opinion on binge watching, Snarf? I feel like it's kind of a blight on entertainment.This thread ... definitely took a turn I was not expecting.
Accusing someone of racism is an easy and cheap way to (try to) discredit them - even if it is entirely unfounded, which in this case it is. I've been reading GH for 25 years, and haven't caught even a tiny whiff of bigotry (except his dislike of close-minded archeologists!)Hmm... well, to quote the Wiki:
Make of that what you will...
I dunno about @Whizbang Dustyboots but if you work in any country in Asia which is seen as like, a destination for "colonial" types, so like especially Singapore, you're knee-deep in racists (many of whom will be married to Asian people).What's your line of work, if I may ask?
Yes it is. And just saying it isn't it just bloody silly. It's all about how local civilizations couldn't have made things they could easily and obviously have made. I've been following him on and off for 30 years with increasing disgust.And no, the hypothesis that there is an unknown antediluvian civilization is not itself a racist idea.
Literally every single thing Hancock has ever suggested has been either prima facie ridiculous, or debunked very easily.Perhaps the archeologists should, instead, address the content of his series?
It's absolutely misinformation.I would suggest that the term "misinformation" doesn't apply, especially when we're talking about theories on prehistory. It isn't "misinforming" to share a different view on human origins, because there's no factual account of it.
Mate, I've been reading his stuff longer than you have, and I have actual archaeological training.LOL, I completely disagree about your take on Graham Hancock - which is clearly lacking in any actual exposure to his ideas, beyond (I'm guessing) a cursory viewing of a few minutes of his documentary. Hogwash, in other words!
With no insult, I'm considering it. If you're going to push pseudo-science, and tell someone who knows way more about than you (and started off kinda buying into his stuff, before I actually studied archaeology) that they're talking "hogwash", I'm not sure your input is helpful lol.I mean, by your logic--cancelling Netflix because they have a show on that has ideas you don't agree with--you might as well put me on the ignore list, because I like and read Graham Hancock, and probably lots of other things that you'd find to be "conspiracy theories" and "nutty."