Is the house of history built on foundations of sand? | Graham Hancock | TEDxReading 

Sucker.

If you really are open minded you’ll probably come out the other end of this. Don’t feel too bad when you realize he’s full of bs. Anyone can be fooled. Nobody realizes what cults they are in till they leave them. I used to believe in ancient aliens. Embarrassing I know, but it makes me appreciate how silly we are as humans.

@@AIenSmithee Exactly.

@@AIenSmitheeokay, so elaborate. What did Graham say that you disagree with. I feel he made excellent points to contemplate.

@@davef00te If you presuppose that there was a great advanced civilisation, this talk would seem convincing to a regular person who has never spent much thought on the subject. That's not how science works, you dont presuppose the answer 12 steps down the road. He isnt letting the asteroid lead him to atlantis he is trying to connect Atlantis to the asteroid. Even if you dont beleive this, you cant deny in the very least it looks like this. Any thing he said about the meteor/asteroid is fine. I think its healthy that scientists research this and understand why there are those that doubt it. But he does sneaky things throughout. He frames it as if there was almost a cover up to the Alvarez hypothosis. What happened was, Alvarez had a theory. This theory did not have enough evidence or crater to support it to be unanimously supported by wider science community. Some scientists had vehemet oppositions to this theory based on their evidence. The crater was discovered and so the theory picked up more traction as a plausible theory and is more widely supported in the scientific community. Sounds pretty much how any scientific discovery occurs. this is not the impression Hancock gives. He uses language to evoke a sense of a conspiracy. Instead of saying that scientists were not convinced of the evidence prior to the craters discovery he says they "refused to accept the evidence". now it almost sounds the same except that the later evokes a sense of denial. He doesnt say that Alvarez proved his theory but rather "revealed the truth". The second sentance makes it sound like his discovery was a self evident fact only held back by something nefarious. he also states that the Asteroid impact "turned Shrews into Humans and Dinosaurs into Chickens" and beleives this statement is satisfactory because of the weak disclaimer "At risk of oversimplification". Its not and oversimplication, its a purposeful emotive description to put the idea into the audience that asteroids that something mighty might have come before the asteroid he will later describe. he is trying to make the mental for the audience between mighty dinosaurs and advanced civilistaions. Its very clever the way he tries to position himself to place where he is implying that if an ancient advanced civ existed it had to be wiped out by asteroid, therefore if this impact exists, civilisation is real. Its a cool idea but its not based on any evidence. The best he can do is claim that Atlantis is real because of a singular story by Plato who was told this sory by his grandfather, who was told by Solon (300 years before Plato apparently) who was told by a preist, who said it was inscribd on a temple that was 9000 years old. This one story he is trying to connect to this asteroid. if that doesnt feel like a huuuugggeee stretch, you will not be able to doscern between what seems ture or plausible and what you want to be true.

You should complement his opinion with what you think.

Thanks for speaking out!

look up his seminars with Randall Carlson, i think you'll find them very intriguing as a geologist

Mohammad Levy, the video was presented, ergo, not censored but they *did* disavow any connection or association with him or his hypotheses.

@@L98fiero Although It is arrogantly targeting credibility of objective facts dude

perfectly put!

Example: corona virus origin and interests within

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LOL!!!!

how do you explain the lack of genetic evidence, migration of food stuff, and complete lack of any archaeological record of an apparent metallurgic and sea bearing civilization?

not to mention a team to explore under the pyramids and sphinx in Egypt, and then Antarctica.... I'd trust his opinions on those too

the name that comes to mind is Elon musk ;)

@@bunch_o_racket Science is not based on trust. OMG, that's the most unintelligent statement I've seen on this video full of unscientific BS.

@@selwynr ever heard of following your gut, but you probably don’t believe that human beings can have hunches, unexplainable thoughts and feeling that guide you towards awnsers.

Hows about we give him nothing. FFS you've already made him stinking rich from book sales - why does he need more?! He certainly hasn't spent any of that on excavations. He only takes from archaeologists, he gives nothing back.

Interestingly enough ... the myths of yore are probably more truth than fever dreams or magic mushroom induced visions.

Like excusing paedophilia.

Well, until the digs on the site of ancient Troy, scholars though that Homer was mere fantasy.

Adam was the 1st person in TIME, because he came up with the plan to map The Stars, & hence create time. You know this is the 'Papyrus of Hunefer', but they called it the inception & completion of the marriage of time & light. Basically the invention of time. Have more if interested. @Nephthy14216684 Osiris could not sit on his throne until it was complete

Yes, this "falls outside TEDx's curatorial guidelines" but talks about the Universe being a giant computer simulation are within those "guidelines"? **

Roger Furer YES!!! 😂

Indeed!! :-D

Roger Furer: ha ha, Amen, Roger. Maybe TED will remove that silly “WARNING” now. When “America Before” comes out, please have Hancock back, TED!!!

Yup. If people want some great videos on it, *Bright Insight* channel has some with cited sources.

Alien Ami I love Bright Insight!

There's a sucker born every minute" was a saying in the 19th century about P.T Barnum being able to trick people into believing in nonsense.....and the ability continues into the internet age. The “alternative history” videos on RU-vid by Graham Hancock, Brien Foerster, UnchartedX and others like them are the proof. 1. The "q" cult people got scammed using the internet because they had faith in what they were being told. 2. Mega-churches and televangelists scam people out of their money using their faith as the main tool. 3. Politicians lie and scam the public over and over and over...and yet they keep getting voted back into office. 4. In the movie The Wizard of Oz, the traveling elixir salesman that Dorothy meets just before the tornado hits her house becomes the wizard in her dream, scamming the people of Oz to maintain his power over them. 5. Back in the mid to late 1800s, scammers were selling fake medicinal elixirs to inexperienced people. There is one of them portrayed in the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales. 6. Fake Indian call centers scam inexperienced people on the phone every day. 7. Scammers from Nigeria scam old people using phone calls also. >>>>The world is full of scammers…and inexperienced people getting scammed by them. My advice: Get yourself a passport, travel to see the sites in person...and watch what actual educated scholars have to say about ancient history and ancient sites such as in Egypt. If you still have an open mind and the intellectual courage & curiosity to challenge yourself and what you think you already know...you might surprise yourself by listening to them. Most of you guys who fall for the "mystery mongers" on RU-vid are simply more interested in the feeling of excitement you get out of believing in the "unsolved mysteries" and "lost civilizations" you are told about. You can't bring yourselves to watch anything that might spoil the fun...and so you will look away or attack me. However, for those who actually want to know more and still have your ability to open your mind intact...on my own RU-vid page is an ongoing list of lectures on ancient Egypt... right now it's at 117 lectures...weeks worth of listening, learning and watching....and each one delivered by educated scholars who have actually studied Egypt's history in universities for many years...which is more than I can say for the people like Graham who survive financially off of inexperienced people who buy their books...most of whom don't even own a passport. >Believers in Santa Claus have faith in the words of their parents. >Those who follow the Abrahamic religions have faith in ancient texts. >Mormons have faith in the written words of an American scam artist, Joseph Smith. >Scientologists have faith in the written words of L. Ron Hubbard. >Charlie Manson’s cult had faith in Charlie Manson. >Those who believe what Graham Hancock tells them have faith in Graham Hancock. >Those who believe what Brien Foerster tells them have faith in Brien Foerster. >Those who believe what the guy on Uncharted X tells them have faith in what he tells them. >Those who believe in Edward Casey’s miracles have faith in the words of those who claim those miracles happened. >Those who believe in "advanced ancient technology" and a “worldwide pre-flood culture” have faith in the book authors they heard that information from…whether it was on RU-vid, Facebook, TV or in a book. >Ancient Astronaut theorists have faith in the words of people like Zecharia Sitchin and the words of TV personalities like Giorgio A. Tsoukalos. >Those who believe in an ancient race of giants have faith in the people claiming they once existed. >Those who believe in the things being said on the RU-vid channel known as "Mudfossil University" have faith in the words of Roger Spurr. “Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.” ― Richard Feynman Science actually claims very little. Science is simply a method of discovery that uses peer reviewed experiments and evidence to examine theories and determine truths. When new experiments produce new found truths, science moves to support those new truths. That’s all science really does. I rely on the method of science, because I am a rational human being. Good Luck.

@@davidleomorley889 - What does ancient *HISTORY* have to do with the Younger Dryas? History begins with *written* texts. Your rant is one that does not directly address the topics described here and attempts to attack the people asking questions. It is an Ad-Hominem attack. That is *not* the "method of science."

​@@CARPB147 Today, there are two basic ways to come to "believe" in things. One is by being rational and the other is by acting simply on faith in someone. >Being rational means examining the available evidence about the subject and listening to the educated professionals in the specific field of study who have examined it in detail and who have conducted experiments on it. Theories are usually presented first by writing a paper explaining their theory and the specific experiments they used to make it. Once the paper has been presented, their peers examine it and replicate the experiments which were used. New experiments are conducted and sometimes people disagree about issues for long periods of time. However, if a theory does survive everyone’s scrutiny, it eventually moves forward and is accepted by more and more of the rational people in that society. This process is called science. This is how Einstein's theory of relativity was presented…and how it survives yet today. >Acting on faith requires no real evidence, only the belief in one person’s idea or the beliefs and ideas of a small group of people, who are making a specific claim. Their claims can’t stand up to their peer's scrutiny or experiments, but it doesn't matter to those of faith who still believe and defend them.....because that IS the essence of what faith is. Like the opinions spoken by the ancient oracles, the words they are speaking are seen as being unquestionably true by the faithful. Again, that’s how faith works. The people who believe what Graham Hancock tells them...have faith in Graham Hancock.

@@CARPB147 You: "What does ancient HISTORY have to do with the Younger Dryas? " Me: The Younger Dryas is a scientifically recorded period in the earth's history in which the northern hemisphere suddenly became cold again, like the ice ages that preceded it, lasting for about 1000 years before quickly warming back up again.

@@davidleomorley889 - Does anyone need any more "truisms" here? Platitudes and banal rants are uninteresting and not particularly compelling. Anything *specific* about the *content* (rather than Ad-Hominem attacks and innuendos) that you have an issue with?

Ted talks is as well about money, if they allow what the elite doesn't want, they won't get the funds anymore and therefore are silencing Graham just for the money

@HanCock your pfp is graham and so is your channel name. Wtf is wrong w you dude?

@Jonnhy vanzwevezele you must be a worldwide archaeology/geologist legend . Whats your side of the story you genius?

It has yet to be proven to be 12,000 years old. You're just as bad as TED.

@@lawrenceworrell591 Already been proven

@@blznft9513 Yes, you are right on the money. It has been proven, and still, the 'requiem' academics are trying to fuzzy this into the bad-science hall of blame. I literally had one back and forth with me about 6-7 times trying to dissuade me of my faith in Graham Hancock and Randal Carlson.

And Randal Carlson at GeoCosmicRex classes has found several other sites that fit the time, place, and geology of those meteor impacts. North East of the tip of Vancouver Island on the mainland you will see that the mountains show where a huge impact on the ice-sheet took place. It is one of those things that jumps out at you, once you know why it is, as it is. But, yes... that disclaimer is the least that they should do for the man that saw the writing on the megalithic polygonal stone walls. Peace,

@@blznft9513 Proven to be of an age possibly as high as 3 million years. So doesn't really help Hancock's case.

Yup!

It's nog been dated yet but yeah probably

@@darlingimscared Actually, they are pretty sure it's recent. A jagged base found by ice-penetrating radar has determined it is much more recent, as ice would have eroded that over time. Sediment has also matched the discoveries.

@@Carolevw cool, was wondering about that

Come and check out a theory I've lain put in a recent video on my channel: 'STONE AGE COMMON SENSE: DEFINING PRINCIPLES of the MEGALITHIC CRAFT', which may go some way to shed light on those lost memories Graham touches upon here. I propose the house of history is indeed built on foundations of sand but in an unexpectedly literal sense. Be pleased for a chance to share these thoughts.

Nothing wrong with new ideas if they are presented as just that. Hancock doesn’t do this though. He implie that it is more than an idea. He has made a career of getting offended when you point out that it that his ideas are flimsy.

@Derone Cerrone lol. totally. He tries to have it both ways also. If you brush him off, you're a dogmatic sheep of some cabal of mainstream scientists who are trying to silence him. But, if you ask pointed questions about the "evidence" he provides then suddenly he's "just a journalist/writer".

@Derone Cerrone which theories? I would like to check It out.

@@AIenSmithee Then what parts are the truth and how do you know? I'm trying to learn more about ancient history.

Just because you respected doesn't mean you are 100% reliable 100% of the time. The use of what *only* Plato wrote about a lost island are tenuous and convenient at best.

@@Mogwai786 Yes because Plato is the only one who had the idea of an ancient civilization being lost in a great deluge..

Wilder still how you take a format which has remained consistent across his output INCLUDING the Atlantis containing Dialogues and assume that it could not possibly be just another philosophical work. Pro tip - Herodotus was a contemporary of Plato. Why would Plato have written about Atlantis as a REAL historical place while maintaining the exact same philosophical dialogue format of this earlier works when he already had a format from Herodotus to write about a separate subject matter to philosophy? The answer is simply that he didn't. Atlantis is 1 part fabrication, 1 part Greek legend/myth, and 1 part philosophical parable rolled into one and transmitted through the medium of a dialogue to obscure his hand in sparking any debate from it. Atlantis is a utopian ideal created by Plato to make a point to the Athenian elite - the perfect place for Socrates to have lived and practiced undisturbed by judgement. The Athenian army discussed in the story is basically the representation of that Athenian elite of Plato's era. This army attacks the Atlanteans and BEATS them - only for the gods to turn around and destroy them both. This is Plato outlining the trial of Socrates and his being forced to die by poison - the gods judgement is Plato trying to make the Athenian elite see that their hubris and decadence will come back to bite them.

@@dallasclark3973 just like there isn't "only one" person who believes the earth is flat. Fallacy of popular opinion.

@@Mogwai786 My comment wasn't directed toward you. fallacy of being a jackals.

AD Drage maybe you didn't listen to.... there are several archeological and geological evidence that show civilazed culture before the typical Sumerian Egyptian Incas etc...

@@giakon1Maybe you missed the part where he discussed Gobleki Tepe, which is now proven to predate the typical Sumerian, Egyptian, Inca, etc. Do try to catch up.

Roy Lavecchia ? I said so... the question is how far we can put forward human civilazation?

Ted Note can kiss it.

Love your reply!

This is number one comment

This was so perfect.

you lost Us at "we"

I love the old WW2 bomber quote that goes ‘You know you’re over the target when you start taking flack!’ You know you’re onto something when the establishment comes after you, and they’re definitely after Graham.

Same! The more I see "them" go out of the way to discredit certain narratives, the more i dig in to learn more.

you should see graham hancocks talk with joe rogan . its excellent

Ah the Classic “everyone says I’m wrong so they must be hiding a global conspiracy” argument. The note from Ted is just letting you know this guy blatantly ignores evidence that detracts from his hypothesis. He doesn’t follow any standard of historiographical practices, that’s why he’s ignored and why there is a disclaimer. Because he LIES.

@@georgeson1161 trust me, hes not ignored.

I agree with this

Our supposed intellectual class have been programmed ..

@@chrisdeason4904 were^

Why do you think they are? Surely you cant say that you have experienced this personally. I am happy to be corrected but what makes you say this and apart from saying something like "its just a known fact" or "I wont waste my time with sheep like you" tell me what makes you say this apart from hearing it from Hancock.

Yeah I like he is so inquisitive and disasstified by our neatly packaged histories. He predicted we will find older than Sumer, he wasn't wrong, I think more will be revealed with time

Graham Hancock does have a short fuse, however, when he is put in the same room with skeptics like Michael Shermer. He gets irritable easily too; probably because he no longer smokes weed all day long anymore.

Best comment.

True but you should believe his theory as well because it as also true.

@@lostpony4885 oh I'm pretty certain his theory is sound I wouldn't be surprised if civilisation is much older

@@dazgreensmoker669 mainstream archeaology agrees our species has been around 200k years. I do not believe we laid around all that time without any civilization just waiting for today so we could get started.

Come and check out a theory I've lain put in a recent video on my channel: 'STONE AGE COMMON SENSE: DEFINING PRINCIPLES of the MEGALITHIC CRAFT', which may go some way to shed light on those lost memories Graham touches upon here. I propose the house of history is indeed built on foundations of sand but in an unexpectedly literal sense. Be pleased for a chance to share these thoughts.

The only person who can out date Graham Hancock's great information is Graham Hancock.

Yes Nick Nack but no name provided has 217 thumbs up.

@@dellingson4833 argumentum ad populum, just because many people believe something doesn't mean it's true.

@@L98fiero and just because one man belive in his own theories does not make it truth

@@crazycutz8072 Absolutely agree, just because Hancock comes up with a cockamamie hypotheses with nothing to support the claims does not mean it's true or has any basis in reality.

It seems as if the good people at TED do not approve of our desire that they respect the theories of Graham Hancock. Wonder what they think of Randal Carlson over at GeoCosmicRex, and his classes showing the impact sites that resulted from the meteors hitting the 2-3 mile thick ice-sheet?

Richard van you hit the nail right on the head..........come on TEDx you still haven't taken your disclaimer down......don't you think it's about time!

A representation of modern scholarship on ancient civilizations? According to whom?

@@Gilmaris to the many scholars who have now done the research at multiple sites around the globe, proving what Graham is saying here.

@@morts3451 gotta feel for those guys still not having any evidence.

Pretty hilarious. Anything with disclaimers like this makes me more interested in the info though, because it must be good! haha.

So true they cant keep hiding the truth from the general public

Yup!

Someone needs to get a date on that crater asap

It is a mark of true science that it can predict future findings like this.

Yup! *Bright Insight* channel has great videos on the topic and others.

@Nick Nack This is false. Everyone, don't take this guy's word at face value. There are quite a few scientific papers, that show the opposite is true, including a much earlier year being possible. There have been a series of papers released by diehard critics in the academic community that are not based on sound science and cannot be reproduced. Just like Monsanto and Cantox collaborated successfully to get glyphosate labeled as non-cancerous with ghostwritten papers based on junk science (we have their internal emails to prove this), so too are these papers expressly written for the purpose of demolishing evidence supporting this theory, published by those whose whole careers would fall apart if they were wrong.

Have you heard of the crater which created the Sahara and the Himalayas?

Its included - go to the credits under the title.

@Nick Nack - Too much ancient use of Roundup in the Sahara, maybe? No need to be too dogmatic on either side. Studies and evolution are proceeding apace. Patience, Grasshoppa.

It's the gut feeling, because inside yourself you feel and perceive this as a truth. And it's the right way.

WHOO! MYSTERIOUS!

Watch the Joe rogan podcast with Graham and Randall. It's awesome

I agree but I think alligators are more related to Dinosaurs instead of chickens but I also see his perspective because we've been lied to for a millennium that dinosaurs didn't have feathers until that information got leaked to the media at a far later date.

@@yourdaddy.956 crocodiles had reptile ancestors who were very similar before the dinosaurs and haven't change much since. Birds are definitely dinosaurs they have the same adaption for hollow bones we see in dinosaurs, we find some extremely well feathered small dinosaurs that could glide well and we have the missing links in early birds that looked much like dinosaurs. Birds being dinosaurs is pretty indisputable if you look at the evidence with educated eyes. We have known some dinosaurs had feathers for a long time we just didn't realize most dinosaurs had feathers.

those are the modern heroes of Mankind

Robert Schoch willingly and knowingly appears on Ancient Aliens...how does this not hurt his credibility in your eyes?

Galileo's work was scientifically and mathematically based. it wasnt rejected by scientists. It was rejected by the Church because it was inconsistent with their views that the Earth is the centre of the universe. The Church utterly rejected anything based on actual measurements because they considered the Earth to be a fallen realm and that therefore any earthly measurements wre meaningless. There is no parallel between Galileo and modern-day crackpots like this guy and his speculations.

marvelous!

well said

Try Robert Sepehr channel and his Atlantean Gardens channel -you will not be disappoinTED

Actually it's pretty accurate. Hancock is known to often put words into archaeologists mouths to assert positions they do not have, even as he plagiarises their work for profit. That aligns perfectly with the disclaimer - he's misrepresenting literally an entire profession for profit.

If TED has identified counterfactual assertions, it would most helpful if you would identify them. Then we can do our own research.

Yes, myths are the history of our ancestors. To dismiss them as fantasy stories is pure arrogance & ignorance. There is a core of truth to them.

Satellites could do the majority of the pinpointing of sites to explore too. We have the technology ... we just need the will to use it.

Sadly, the best underwater ruins are in India, where discovery was begun and mysteriously ended quickly.

See the late December 2018 news story google: 80 pyramids Pico Azores

Your pseudo-philosophical rhetoric shines a light (although, not willingly) upon the one thing that is clearly missing from both your post and the whole subject of Graham Hancock, generally: WISDOM.

Well, it's obvious where you got your dime-store wisdom from, I mean, you claim that "open minds open doors" but then go on to say "exercising wisdom to see through them." Care to explain why you would need to see through an open door? Your second sentence implies that Hancock is somehow "open minded and a seeker after knowledge" but if that was true he'd take a little time out of his globe-hopping and tropical scuba-adventures to return to college and actually learn something about the subjects he preaches on... I find it remarkable that the flaws of ignorance, foolishness and arrogance that are so often pointed out by Hancock and his sycophants when whining about mainstream researchers and Academia are precisely the attributes Hancock displays every-time he opens his mouth. Shame on you for putting financial gain above the pursuit of knowledge, Graham Hancock.

The fact that whenever evidence is uncovered that could put these debates to bed once and for all, the powers that be simply refuse to investigate it. We see this repeat alot, so based on that alone why wouldn't the default logical response, right or wrong, to be they are hiding history for some reason? The vigor against those that say there may be more to the story than is accepted today, should be looked at as a smoking gun of wrongdoing.

THere is a strange wall in New Zealand that may or may not be a natural rock formation. If it is natural, that's fine but it is straight and vertical so it looks, superficially at least, like a megalithic wall. The problem is that the government has forbidden any excavations at the site. If it DID turn out to be a massive wall constructed of polygonal blocks as found at other megalithic sites around the world, it would push back human occupation of the New Zealand archipelago to thousands of years prior to the arrival of the Maori people who are supposed to be the first modern humans to live on that land mass. Can't have anything upsetting the time line now, can we?

Graham may not be a traditionally educated scientist of any kind, but he does work with plenty of tenured and level-headed scientists, because he knows it is necessary to explaining these hypothesis. I am glad to see your comment and those of other scientists that can find no fault in what he represents. Graham definitely has some hypothesis that do not agree with modern science, but he only presents them as his own fantasy. This talk was purely data.

Try reading his books, they are more than you could imagine.

You are not a geologist. Nobody believes you

@@elohellol8481 When you say "Nobody." You mean, yourself. You cannot know the minds of others.

@@elohellol8481 I must be "nobody". Lol!

I'm not.

He's a threat to status quo. He's getting us closer to our true history.

@@deanwest2076 god forbid people think for themselves. Having your own brain and opinions seem to be witchcraft in this day in age.

RU-vid is a safe haven for nuttos for sure, science takes a back seat to your entertainment here so hancock survives, far outside any scientifc work.

Luckily... we still prefer to think for ourselves.... pretty much all of the world's informal dissemination is controlled by a left leaning, global elite group of dictstors. The truth about our history is hidden from everyone deliberately.. so we can be controlled and doing only the things we are instructed to do. The problem is... we are the majority and we refuse to be ruled by deception.

You know that's true

This is a PERFECT example of the pompous and self-congratulatory fans that idolize Hancock: "Archaeology" is spelled incorrectly in a post pointing out that someone else had misspelled "Archaeology"! Seeing this, aren't you inclined to take the rest of the post with a grain of salt, especially the part about Hancock being "humble and honest"?

@@waynemyers2469 touche on correcting me. We use the word in Greek, which is where it's derived from Αρχαιολογία Having said that, spelling does not take away from the fact his theory makes sense; or that he comes off as an honest hard working and passionate person. Nothing he says is completely outside of what could be the truth. Definitely more believable than the current story of our history, very linear and materialistic

From extinction by comet?

Dinosaurs, then we know Armenians came after. Perhaps Armenians invented dinosaurs just to hunt them lol ;) jk Google things Armenians invented.

@Rupprecht Kurt Hasselbuttelmann-Fitzmeisterjaeger this research is in accurate. Unless you invite Armenoligsts to research Gopeke humanity will NEVER understand the treasure they find. Never.

From chickens. Now they know they cant be stopped

…said his disciples.

As the foremost expert of ancient Egyptian geology I thoroughly disagree.

You know, you should put an not a before expert

Ah, yes of course; "Vinny". Your work is well known!

Try Robert Sepehr channel and his Atlantean Gardens channel -you will not be disappoinTED

@gdpm according to whom?

Since they found a crater in Greenland dating back to 12,000 years, TED’s disclaimer cOnTaInS oUtDaTeD AnD cOuNtErFaCtUaL iNfOrMaTiOn

@gdpm They just found a second crater dated to 12K years, this one in the middle east. There are scientists actually apologizing to Hancock for not taking his theory seriously before.

Berserkasaurus Rex link

@@Yajarobi Uh, that glowing blue text is a link, my friend.

They still haven't changed the disclaimer and it's been a year.

Hancock and Carlson both have some great podcast appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience...several in fact. Very good.

Science disproves itself constantly that's is how science works. But only based on solid evidence. Even Stephen hawking now disproves a lot of his earlier work with no embarrassment, that proves his credentials. There is no such thing as status quo in science just evidence based theories peer reviewed and debated. This one failed countless debates so gets a disclaimer not censorship. You make your own mind up.

AVIAN ACADEMY awards and

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@@fukmybut So you say the statement, that slaves built the Pyramids with hammer and meisel so they could bury fancy people in them, is "evidence based theories peer reviewd and debated"? Because thats what they teach in school till today. Lets debate on that bro go ahead.

@@fukmybut Lets just put a disclaimer on all schoolbooks then

Because then we would have to consider the possibility that we might have a reset button aswell

@@zerorez420 I put my cousin on to Graham the other day and he said the same thing lol

@Derone Cerrone quite the contrary, that would be the job of mainstream archeology.

@Derone Cerrone can you provide an example please, sir? Many of his arguments pertaining to the younger dryas impact hypothesis and its implications are based almost solely on available scientific evidence. Also, his arguments pretaining to ancient maps and sea levels are very valid, study some of the ancient maps yourself and I imagine you would come to similar conclusions. If not, explain how certain sites and islands that have been underwater for tens of thousands of years, are depicted above water on ancient maps? A certain level of advanced knowledge and the ability to traverse vast oceans and is required to perform accurate cartography. How were the ancient cartographers able to use incorporate accurate longitude into ancient maps , long before the 1800s when we were first able to measure accurate longitude? The maps speak for themselves and the implications they pose are yet to be explained scholarly. - I too, do not agree with everything Mr Hancock claims, but he is certainly asking the right questions and following a noble line of inquiry. Are we just supposed to exist in an echo chamber of agreement and not question anything that the archeologists tasked with interpreting our mysterious ancient past present to us as fact? Considering the all the megalithic sites that display precise stone cutting methods and astrological alignments, along with a myriad of other advanced and unusual feats, Is it really that preposterous to insinuate that an advanced civilisation may have existed at some point in time?

@Derone Cerrone that was such an unbelievably lazy response, you brought up nothing that strengthens your point and we’re not able to explain or even discuss any of the unusual ancient feats I brought up. You could even just say “I don’t know” and that would be a perfectly reasonable response. Because the truth is, you do not know, nor do I, nor does Graham Hancock, nor does mainstream archaeology. Archeology itself is only the act of interpretation. But at least I am using what real evidence that the ancients have left behind as a guide to what might’ve been thousands of years ago, you’re just claiming I’m wrong and providing 0 evidence or sources to back up your claim. I asked many questions, you Weren’t able to answer any. Just say you don’t know if you don’t know, theirs no shame. My claim holds more weight than yours, i am directly referencing multiple real things that back up and strengthen it. You’re just saying “you’re wrong” People like you do not do a very good job of making others believe what you claim to be true. I provided a myriad of examples and that point to what im claiming to be true, all you did was essentially say “you’re wrong and I’m right because I say so” If you’re going to debate me, at least bring some legs to stand on.

hahahaha oh my god, you have been conned by a con artsist..... Did you also vote Trump?

He's a scientific illiterate whose "ideas" are straight out Erich von Daniken's long-debunked ancient astronauts bullsh*t. TED never should have let him on the stage at all.

"He is a man that has been wronged" He's a frickin multi multi multi millionaire. So stop with the martyr act - he can cry into his frickin trays of $100 bills if he's really offended, which I know he isn't. PR like he got from Ancient Apocalypse will just get even more people to watch it for the wrong reasons - which he loves because they will buy his books and make him richer still. You need to get this through your head - he's a businessman. "he was from being barred to get onto the grounds of Serpent Mount" Ya, it's called getting a commercial filming permit - clearly he didn't, or his producers didn't. You just exemplified his lazy, entitled attitude showing that even when he is grifting he expects the basic rules not to apply.

Hancock is NOT an archaeologist.

@@busterbiloxi3833 - not much of a journalist, either.

I came to this TEDtalk by accident immediately after watching a video about NASA's dicovery of the 30km diameter impact crater under the Greenland ice sheet.

Me too I hope he does too. Another under rated person Try Robert Sepehr channel and his Atlantean Gardens channel -you will not be disappoinTED

Well said good sir. God forbid anyone doubts the high priests of science...

How can he be referred to as a "pseudoscientist?" Almost everything that he has said is peer reviewed and backed up by compelling evidence. The problem with basing careers on scientific "facts" is that those facts are constantly being updated and entire beliefs are rendered wrong and irrelevant. And then otherwise highly intelligent people feel compelled to fight for beliefs that have been shown to be wrong. Very unfortunate.

@@richardprater5420 👍 Agreed

Totally!

@@DmitriOrtsiev except wrong

FidelHimself gutwrecking truth in your words 😖

Haha. Amazing

Please master, what is the correct opinion?

@@FrankKritzman follow the links in the description to the approved official truth

I for one welcome our same old boring overlord masters!

Actually it was all lies.

​​@@adammchugh5456 Wrong. None of it was. Give me a timestamp of ONE single lie. Take as much time as you need. You won't find 1. Not 1.

Now more than ever

Try Robert Sepehr channel and his Atlantean Gardens channel -you will not be disappoinTED

Or like to be lied to …

But that impact is not evidence of a lost advance civilization

@@falconrebgo3 i don't think that was his conclusion his conclusion was that provided these findings, it's possible everything we know about the start of civilization could be wrong this may, or may not, include Atlantis but if there were massive structures and agriculture, it's not crazy to hypothesize that there was at least some civilization of some level of sophistication higher than what we'd expect 12,000 years ago and that's not nothing

@@nafisdelacruz9703 Nice

@@falconrebgo3 yeah but you ask yourself why there are so many tales of huge floods from civilizations all over the world If a comet hit Greenland huge amounts of ice would melt within seconds and that would roughly be a flood of up to 12 ft

Chuck Norris . Flood stories are the only universal story with two constant ingredients; complete inundation and somebody saved. The specifics and morals vary from Gilgamesh to India and America. Water levels are much higher now than in pre-flood times so evidence of an earlier advanced civilization may well be off the coasts under water.

But buying his books so he can continue his research

Great, I will order Graham’s books.

you nailed it!

GO WATCH IT GHRAMS CHANNEL

Follow Graham's channel I guess

He's a charlatan pushing hypotheses that have been around for over 100 years while basing his arguments on misleading information and logical fallacies. Unfortunately he has gullible fan base who thinks he's putting out new ideas when the reality is everything he is saying is completely unoriginal and has been considered. It's like when Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins pushed the "New Atheist" movement, yet after a little inquiry you realized there wasn't anything "New" about it, as it was more of the same old same old. Same applies with Hancock. The guy can't even produce a working definition to articulate what he means when he refers to "advanced civilizations". Same guy who was citing a report of an impact crater as evidence for his theories, only to be debunked by current research which concluded said crate wasn't thousands of years old, but in fact 56 million years old.

He really precisely doesn’t seek truth.

​​@Skinny, young and attractive 82 to 2 here, brother...and 1 of those might be you

Completely agree!

make vague claims, then claim anything that sounds like what you said. Avoids dealing with evidence or having theories fully disproved when they aren't completed to begin with. Charlatan 101

Wrong about the end of the world in 2012 tho 😂

No he hasn't. He has never proven anything at all.

Emma are you scared ?

He doesn’t even tell Plato’s story correctly. In Plato’s story Atlantis was at war with Athens. Athens continued and Atlantis was wiped out. That’s not civilization starting again like “children”. Also, it’s obvious the story is just an allegory. Hancock contends that Plato said the story was true, so does he believe the literal god if the sea created a continent. 🤦‍♂️

you sound like a brainwashed cultist.

@@AIenSmithee You bought the wrong books bud

@@TexasTimelapse are you actually saying that in the story of Atlantis it doesn't say that is was created by Poseidon. The Criteas iterally says tha things i am saying so if thats the "wrong" book what other reference do you have to Atlantis...bud.

@@AIenSmithee this is another misconception: thinking that ancient myths and stories are allegories. In fact most of them aren't. It's just the level of interpretation of modern people (historians etc.) that is wrong

you can almost touch TED's smugnes

@Nick Nack what are you talking about? U didn't watch the video did you? There's evidence throughout the whole thing.

@Nick Nack I'm no archaeologist but a lot of what is said on the Joe Rogan show with Hancock and Randall Carlson is some very compelling stuff. If nothing else the underwater gallery section of hancock's website should open your mind up to possibilities. Rigid thinking authoritarians have dragged other people into their wrongness at every level from warring nations, medical science, and even academia, all trying to make people OBEY so the top dog gets theirs at the cost of everyone else. Mainstream Archaeology: no civilisation before ancient egypt, sumer? never heard of it, anyone who disagrees is insane and getting no funding. Gobekli tepe discovered: no civilisation at all before the hunter gatherers who didnt build gobekli tepe because hunter gatherers by definition dont do stonework like that. Gunung Padang discovered, possibly 30,000 years old, struggling to get it checked out. The gaffes of mainstream archaeology does not = ancient aliens or reptilians or the most unlikely of cryptids that people believe in with no evidence whatsoever

Right, should have said, why did we ever do this?

😂

When you walk out the door in the morning you must be knocked down and trampled by Unicorns and Centaurs before you can even make it to your car!

Brick Top classic observstion

Also nuclear power huzzah

Lol. Link please.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Hancock doesn't support his "thesis" with scientific studies, but _misrepresentations_ thereof. Hancock is a charlatan, as has been well known for decades.

Jeremy Kirkpatrick wtf is a tube parrot?

Hey, girl, hey! High fives to Bright Insiders!

Hi 👋🏽 i’m looking back at it from Bright’s video again... this is something :) exciting !

Me! Love this stuff! Been obsessed for months now, it all started with Bright Insight!

so excited that the crater has been found. really hoping for a reset button on our understanding on ancient history

Woot woot! I had heard about this infamous TED talk but never ran across it until I saw it in the sidebar as I was watching Jimmy's latest. 😊

Charlie AnC, a 2 year old comment with 210 thumbs up (at this point) and not 1 comment on your comment....?!?! I’m thinking BS tampering. I just wanted to say that I wholeheartedly agree with your claim above. Kudos to you. 👍🏻

Gerald Hartman, You’re right. That is quite odd to see so many👍 and no comments. Weird as the video being 2 years old and we are not the only ones cruising the comments. Mind this is the first time I’ve done so ;).

@Samuel Díez 12000 years old impact crater has been found in Greenland

@@YnteryPictures We have no idea when the impact is from. More research is needed.

@@CH-gb7hf Most scientists seem to agree it is around 13,000 years old, with current findings.

@@McShag420 'Most scientists'? Are you sure? based on what data? As I understand we just don't know enough about it yet, more research is needed. I am not disputing but as I understand it, the crater could be as much as 100s of thousands of years old.

@ZeroWolf Graham is not a scientist, in his own words he is a journalist. He picks and chooses the evidence to create hype around a theory to sell books. This does not however mean that he is necessarily wrong. He could very well be right about a lot of things. He has a lot of cognitive bias (as we all do). Personally I find the latest finding intriguing but lets calm down a moment and not put a date on it just yet as we simply do not know at this point.

Or maybe humans came from that comet.

If people were waking up, they'd get an education and not be taken in by con-artsts.

​@@granthurlburt4062 hopefully will wake up. Best regards.

Not in your house, they aren't.

You watched it therefore it is not censored

Agreed. To me, the bottom line is that the discovery of Göbekli Tepe is an indication that there may well be major gaps and misinterpretations in the current archeological model. That's about it. For the rest, we'll have to wait for the evidence. I didn't get the impression that Hancock is going further than that. And if he is, he is not making outrageous claims. God knows, established science has in the past done all it can to discredit information that does not agree with currently accepted orthodoxy. TED is using one of the cruder methods.

@Derone Cerrone A coward doesn't stick his neck out, like Graham does.

Says what? That TED is being responsible to the rest of their speakers so that any blowback against Hancock doesn't fall on them too? It's called preserving the many rather than the few.

It's not "the mainstream", it's science. You want to question the science, become a scientist and get back to me.

Congratulations for outlining exactly what Hancock does. Misrepresent scholarship for his own ends - all those lovely book sales and he's just crying through your money 😂 They used to say there'sa sucker born every minute but reading comments on his videos I'm pretty sure we can amend that to every second now.

@@selwynr He'd have to have paid attention in school to do that. Something tells me otherwise.

JRE

Someone has been watching too much Joe Rogan.

@@CraaaaaabPeople Ah, so you are saying you don't accept evidence scientists all agree on? It's just conspiracy? What things do you accept as fact, only what you want to?

@@McShag420 no I am not, and I actually quite like Grahams work and don't hold an opinion either way. When someone mentions him in quick succession with Randal Carlson my mind immediately goes back to the JRE specials. That was all. Stop being so defensive and go back to watching Joe.

@@McShag420 I "thumbs upped" the comment before making that observation. Which would indicate I tend to agree. Perhaps you should look at things with an eye for detail instead of flying off the handle and posting at strangers.

Agreed. One would have thought that the discovery of Göbekli Tepe would have led establishment archeologists to be open to the idea that there may be huge pieces to the historical picture we do not have. As far as reference to Atlantis - ehh. The point is, there may be more to human prehistory - a lot more.

Anyone with a closed mind, or the attitude of 'Don't confuse me with the facts, I've made up my mind by observing 5% of the evidence'!

Try Robert Sepehr channel and his Atlantean Gardens channel -you will not be disappoinTED

TED: "People can you please hurry up the sob stories and speeches on procrastination! All we have left is speakers promoting invigorating new ideas!"

Exactly. They don't want new facts to deal with, they want an orthodoxy that reinforces their nihilistic worldview.

Final Boss Welcome to the new enlightenment.

@Final Boss I am sorry, But Hancock is still a pseudo-scientist and no one takes him seriously. He is arguing for a lost highly advanced (as Napoleonic Europe) global civilization, with psychic powers (he said that in America Before, chapter 30). Not only there is not a shred of evidence for this, but it doesn't make any logical sense either. Gobekli Tepe has nothing to do with his claims, yet he tries to use it as evidence for his claims, which is really disingenuous.

@@MrAchile13 he is not a pseudo-scientist. He is a journalist reporting on findings and pointing out flaws in the dogmatic timeline of archeology. Gobekli Tepe flies in the face of everything archeologists assert. Read his books and look at the evidence yourself from Robert Shocke of harvard university and the geology of Randall Carlson. The data is irrefutable. Why is it that the sphinx and the pyramids date to older than egypt? Why do the Egyptian pyramids architecture gradually get worse over time instead of better? There are no signs of the great pyramids being used as tombs as egyptology states. Never was a body or sarcophagus discovered in them or any artwork that normally accompanies pharaoh tombs. You are being lies to by unscientific dogmatists that are no better than the church.

Hello freak bitches.

Powerful alpha brain

Very intelligent argument. Are you a scientist, you must be an intellectual?

+SuperPurgatorio ain't nobody got time to argue when it comes to the powerful Graham.

Matt Kolb yee boys will be boys

​@A damn smart guy you can't find one thing he says that is false

"So you're saying there's a chance!"

They pretend like making accurate predictions isn't the cornerstone of science.