Alternate historian Dan Richards runs the Youtube channel DeDunking. In his video “Archaeologist John Hoopes Corrupts Wikipedia”, Dan claims Hoopes has selectively edited Wikipedia pages to make them biased. In particular, he claims Hoopes has corrupted the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis page. But did Hoopes really corrupt this Wikipedia page? I investigated Dan’s claims, and …
Megalithic Mysteries is a Twitter account and YouTube channel promoting pseudo-archaeology. In these videos I expose his fake Incan history claims. Media credits la, 1539-1616, Vega, Garcilaso de. English: Title Page of Garcilaso de La Vega’s La Florida Del Ynca (Lisbon, 1605), 1605. John Carter Brown Library Location Providence , United States Coordinates 41° 49′ 34.2″ N, 71° 24′ 11.7″ W …
In this video I’d like to thank you for helping me reach 25,000 subscribers, and I’ll answer various questions you’ve asked me. Among other subjects, I’ll be explaining why I don’t monetize my videos or accept sponsorships. It seems that 25,000 subscribers is a milestone on YouTube, and I’ve received my first serious offer of …
This interview with law professor and public historian Evan Gelobter, owner of the YouTube channel Southern Slavery Uncovered, explains how the antebellum South was a slavocracy based on legalized white supremacy. The Southern states were not simply states with slavery, they were slave societies which justified their existence specifically through legalized white supremacy. Media credits …
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Is Atlantis hunting racist? Is Graham Hancock racist? Self-described alternative historian Dan Richards of the YouTube channel DeDunking objects to the fact that people who believe Atlantis was a real historical place are often associated with racism. He claims modern Atlantis hunting emerged as a very progressive endeavor, unassociated with colonisation. In this video I …
Graham Hancock is a former journalist who writes in support of his ideas about Atlantis. Dan Richards, of the DeDunking YouTube channel, recognizes that Hancock’s work has errors, but attempts to mitigate this by arguing that in some cases Hancock was misled by views which were perfectly acceptable at the time he was writing his …
On 30 November 2022, the Society for American Archaeology published an open letter to Netflix objecting to its production of the series Ancient Apocalypse, which exhibited the alternative history views of Graham Hancock. In a video published on 11 December 2023, alternative historian and pseudo-archaeologist Dan Richards of the YouTube channel DeDunking claimed the SAA …
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Chris Langan is an American man who is credited by some sources with an IQ score of 195. Chris himself claims it is “somewhere between 190 and 210”. While Professor Dave disputes this claim, YouTuber Omni has defended it, asserting there are multiple sources vindicating Chris’ alleged IQ scores. I checked Omni’s sources and concluded …
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These three videos identify and explain the neoliberal socio-economic dysfunction which is ironically being exposed by Taiwan’s involvement in the “Stop Anti-Asian Hate” campaign which started in the US, drawing extensively on Taiwanese news reports, social commentary, and academic literature by Taiwanese scholars. Affairs, Ministry of Foreign. “People.” Text. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ministry of …
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This is an interview with @HistoricalDetour on the value and role of public historian. What’s the difference between professional historians and public historians? Professional historians are typically academics in private organizations, paid to interpret and write history. Public historians may be academics or non-academics, who are paid or volunteer, to interpret and communicate history in …
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