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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Calling the lost civilisation advanced means only that it could calculate longitude, not that it built machines. Calling the lost civilisationadvanced means only that it couldcalculate longitude, not that itbuilt machines. GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Somebody was mapping the world during the last Ice Age, which is why medieval Portolan charts carry accurate longitudes and an Antarctica nobody had seen. — tap to centre the map on it Somebody was mapping the worldduring the last Ice Age, whichis why medieval Portolancharts carry accurate… GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it A civilization that advancedand that large would have leftsomething behind, andarchaeologists find fish… EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people of the ancient world were not less advanced than we are; they were probably indistinguishable from us. — tap to centre the map on it The people of the ancientworld were not less advancedthan we are; they wereprobably indistinguishable… IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: That an advanced civilisation existed in the Ice Age is a hypothesis offered to answer the puzzles of prehistory, not something anyone has proved — and it is worth inquiring into anyway. — tap to centre the map on it That an advanced civilisationexisted in the Ice Age is ahypothesis offered to answerthe puzzles of prehistory, not… GH Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. — tap to centre the map on it Graham Hancock's research isgood; his conclusion that onelost civilization seeded allthe others is not. EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: There was no "Dark Ages": the term described gaps in the surviving sources, and its popular use is not a live scholarly position but a settled error. — tap to centre the map on it There was no "Dark Ages": theterm described gaps in thesurviving sources, and itspopular use is not a live… EJ Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human-level AI is most likely centuries or millennia away, so there is no reason to reorganise one's work around its arrival. — tap to centre the map on it Human-level AI is most likelycenturies or millennia away,so there is no reason toreorganise one's work around… SA Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are SA Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Handing an ancient society a modern machine would have achieved nothing: the Romans could neither have built a steam engine nor found a profitable use for one. — tap to centre the map on it Handing an ancient society amodern machine would haveachieved nothing: the Romanscould neither have built a… BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Calling the lost civilisation advanced means only that it could calculate longitude, not that it built machines. Holds Graham Hancock Read this korrent →