There was a documentary on The Discovery Channel about an ancient global civilization 20,000 years ago. The first time I remember hearing about them was freshman year of college, twenty years ago. This book, his most famous, was initially published in 1995 to great academic scorn – which had absolutely no effect on sales. I don’t know the first time I heard of Graham Hancock, but his ideas have been kicking around for decades. It so interested me that I wrote my thesis on creationism, science education in public schools, and the role anthropology (which is what I got me degree in) could play in the conflict. When I was in college, I spent an embarrassingly large amount of my free time arguing with young earth creationists on the internet. Fascinated in a “I hate this so much but can’t disengage because I must punish myself for some inexplicable reason” kind of way. I’ve always been fascinated by the world of constructed reality, whether it be conspiracy theory or pseduoscience or just general disinformation and propaganda.
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