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Read this korrent: The Younger Dryas was triggered not by one impact but by hundreds of airbursts from a fragmenting comet whose debris stream the Earth still crosses twice a year.
The Younger Dryas was triggered not by one impact but by hundreds of airbursts from a fragmenting comet whose debris stream the Earth still crosses twice a year.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: His case does not rest on the impact hypothesis: what is load-bearing is that the Younger Dryas happened at all, whatever triggered it. — tap to centre the map on it
His case does not rest on the impact hypothesis: what is load-bearing is that the Younger Dryas happened at all, whatever triggered it.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The worldwide flood traditions record the Younger Dryas, not local floods that storytellers mistook for global ones. — tap to centre the map on it
The worldwide flood traditions record the Younger Dryas, not local floods that storytellers mistook for global ones.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Science explains the Younger Dryas freeze by the Gulf Stream shutting down but never explains what shut it down, and a comet impact is the elegant answer. — tap to centre the map on it
Science explains the Younger Dryas freeze by the Gulf Stream shutting down but never explains what shut it down, and a comet impact is the elegant answer.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is serious multidisciplinary science, not the lunatic fringe its opponents call it. — tap to centre the map on it
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is serious multidisciplinary science, not the lunatic fringe its opponents call it.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A cosmic impact can be established from its proxies alone without a crater — that is exactly how the dinosaur extinction was first argued. — tap to centre the map on it
A cosmic impact can be established from its proxies alone without a crater — that is exactly how the dinosaur extinction was first argued.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline. — tap to centre the map on it
Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline.
Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Genesis and Gilgamesh are not two independent accounts of one flood; one is literarily dependent on the other. — tap to centre the map on it
Genesis and Gilgamesh are not two independent accounts of one flood; one is literarily dependent on the other.
Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The flood stories of the world are not the memory of one global cataclysm. — tap to centre the map on it
The flood stories of the world are not the memory of one global cataclysm.
Last stated 10 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it
A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it
A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy
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C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion — tap to centre the map on it
A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion
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Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 2 months ago
22 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it
A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law
Last stated 13 years ago
30 May 2013
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Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — tap for who they are
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The Younger Dryas was triggered not by one impact but by hundreds of airbursts from a fragmenting comet whose debris stream the Earth still crosses twice a year.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
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His case does not rest on the impact hypothesis: what is load-bearing is that the Younger Dryas happened at all, whatever triggered it.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Similar wording
The worldwide flood traditions record the Younger Dryas, not local floods that storytellers mistook for global ones.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Similar wording
Science explains the Younger Dryas freeze by the Gulf Stream shutting down but never explains what shut it down, and a comet impact is the elegant answer.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Similar wording
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis is serious multidisciplinary science, not the lunatic fringe its opponents call it.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Similar wording
A cosmic impact can be established from its proxies alone without a crater — that is exactly how the dinosaur extinction was first argued.
Last stated 16 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Graham Hancock
Similar wording
Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline.
Last stated 4 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Dave Hone
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Genesis and Gilgamesh are not two independent accounts of one flood; one is literarily dependent on the other.
Last stated 12 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Irving Finkel
Similar wording
The flood stories of the world are not the memory of one global cataclysm.
Last stated 12 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Irving Finkel
Same subject: China
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 18 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Casey Handmer Eric Berger
Same subject: China
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Sarah Paine
Same subject: China
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: religion
A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Last stated 17 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Venkatesh Rao
Same subject: religion
A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy
Last stated c. 1942–1952
Holds C. S. Lewis
Same subject: religion
A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion
Last stated c. 1597–1625
Holds Francis Bacon
Same subject: America
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated 22 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jennifer Pahlka
Same subject: America
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 7 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alon Levy
Same subject: America
A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law
Last stated 30 May 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Oprah Winfrey