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Phytanic t1_j1kenbq wrote

Reply to comment by Dhrnt in 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization discovered in the north of Guatemala by HRJafael

this dude is at best a "psuedoarcheologist", which IMHO is a more PR-friendly term for "raving conspiracy theorist who uses circumstantial evidence in an attempt to prove something that does not hold up against logic." AKA Whatever this guy does, know that any sort of "analysis" and expansion of ideas is going to be rather questionable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Hancock

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XXLpeanuts t1_j1khgvd wrote

You can pretty much assume that for anyone on the JRE now days.

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rmovny_schnr98 t1_j1l9bcz wrote

He's a great storyteller and I love listening to him rambling about some ancient civilization that only he knows about. But it's mostly fantasy. He's like a modern day's Karl May.

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stegg88 t1_j1m005o wrote

This is exactly my feeling. Like i know its not true but he tells a great story regardless!

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ProjectBadass- t1_j1kwo7q wrote

He's a journalist

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valentc t1_j1l1upi wrote

In what way is this man a journalist? He seems like a hack that got lucky.

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ProjectBadass- t1_j1lrvni wrote

That's his profession?

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valentc t1_j1mbpra wrote

He hasn't been published in anything significant since the 90s.

Why bring it up? What relevance does this have to him being a pseudo scientist?

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ProjectBadass- t1_j1muwty wrote

I replied to a post about him being a pseudo archeologist. He never claimed to be an archeologist. He's claimed to be a journalist.

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valentc t1_j1ne6sa wrote

Journalist : a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.

Hasn't done any of this since the 90s.

So I'll go with his Wikipedia description:

British writer who promotes pseudoscientific theories involving ancient civilizations and lost lands.

I feel the most important part of that is the word pseudoscientific

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glurtle_skletch t1_j1mgdcz wrote

People get very insecure about their Broe Jogan, they are always on the defensive about the qualifications of the loons he brings on his show. As if that stops any of us from knowing they're loons just hearing them talk.

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