Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep449-sa See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. 0:00 - Introduction 1:34 - Lost Ice Age civilization 8:39 - Göbekli Tepe 20:43 - Early humans 25:43 - Astronomical symbolism 37:11 - Younger Dryas impact hypothesis 55:31 - The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx of Giza 1:16:04 - Sahara Desert and the Amazon rainforest 1:25:25 - Response to critics 1:49:31 - Panspermia 1:56:58 - Shamanism 2:20:58 - How the Great Pyramid was built 2:28:17 - Mortality *Transcript:* lexfridman.com/graham-hancock-transcript *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: lexfridman.com/contact *EPISODE LINKS:* Graham's Website: grahamhancock.com/ Ancient Apocalypse (Season 2): netflix.com/title/81211003 Graham's UA-cam: ua-cam.com/users/GrahamHancockDotCom Graham's X: x.com/Graham__Hancock Graham's Facebook: facebook.com/Author.GrahamHancock Fingerprints of the Gods (book): amzn.to/4eM3QXC *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *Notion:* Note-taking and team collaboration. Go to lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep449-sa *Riverside:* Platform for recording podcasts and videos from everywhere. Go to lexfridman.com/s/riverside-ep449-sa *LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to lexfridman.com/s/lmnt-ep449-sa *Shopify:* Sell stuff online. Go to lexfridman.com/s/shopify-ep449-sa *BetterHelp:* Online therapy and counseling. Go to lexfridman.com/s/betterhelp-ep449-sa
Lexie i'm sorry bestie but Graham Hancock is a clown even by his own logic. he has no evidence sadly and his ideas tend to trace to very problematically ahistorical warpings of the past like nordicism... have an archeologist on next time, might balance out the pseudoscience you should've asked him to cite actual evidence to a degree beyond "looks like"
Graham isn't the best source on human history considering he genuinely thinks neanderthals and other ancient humans were atlanteans who mastered psychology to the point of telekinesis on the megalith-moving scale.
I picked Graham and his wife up in London after their dinner with Joe Rogan, drove them to their station. Such a wild moment because I love his books. They were such sweet people, Graham couldn't believe I recognised him, and they waved me goodbye at the station. Wonderful people. // it's kinda sad to see how cynical people are, but I get it. I have shared this story on some other videos, yeah. I just want to share a ridiculously low chance encounter. In London, it's not uncommon to pick up celebrities. But this time was different because he's a guy very few drivers might recognise, unless they've watched him on podcasts etc. His podcasts on Joe Rogan were the first I'd listened to, and I found his ideas fascinating. This was just before his Netflix show came out, he told me it was due to come out in a month or two, I can't recall. I just wanted to share how nice he was to me, despite what I agree or disagree with him about. You can like someone and not agree with some ideas, you know. And you can dislike someone and still agree with their ideas.
I live in Alaska and in the early 90’s my friends and I witnessed a dead on view of a meteor entering our atmosphere where it was white with a purple ring after that point of entry it instantaneously expanded into an absolutely huge fireball at which point a few seconds later it exploded with the loudest most concussive explosion I’ve ever felt, heard or witnessed. It then rained down a fire glitter onto the mountain in front of us about 2 miles away. Many residents heard the BOOM but we were the only ones to witness it. I still have the newspaper article.
@rainforestrc767 I remember the whole sky and ground turning green from what must have been something similar around 1995 in northern California. Then again sometime around 2003. I like stuff like that. Thank you for sharing!
Спасибо тебе огромное за русскоязычную дорожку! Даже те, кто неплохо знает английский, устают долго смотреть подкасты, на которых обсуждаются такие глубокие вещи.
че тут глубокого, нумерология, какая-то мешанина предположений конца 19 и начала 20-х веков. Полное пренебрежение накопленными антропологическими и археологическими, генетическими базами. Послушайте лучше нашего антрополога Дробышевского.
@@mineevburyatпочему именно " наши" тяготеют к тому чтобы обоср.ть мнение " не наших"?!... Ну неинтересно, не смотри! Или ты хочешь показать что у нас учёные тоже есть? Так Хенкок не ученый. А если речь о научном сообществе , так там полно споров , нестыковок и заблуждений.
@@colinflynn1090 Flint Dibble is so stressed about Graham's ideas hes gettin cancer. Like for real he should focus on something else its not healthy for him >.
А как тогда быть с мамонтами, которые массово находят и сейчас в Сибири, в вечной мерзлоте? Похоже, ваш исследователь, глубоко ошибается по поводу того, что северные области нашей планеты не могли быть прародиной той древней цивилизации, что оставила след по всей земле после Великой катастрофы. По его словам, кто же мог жить в те древние времена за полярным кругом, если там такой жуткий холод. А мамонты, теплолюбивые животные, оказывается там жили и там же и погибли все разом. В одночасье их засыпало грунтом вместе с обломками древесины и потом все это сковал жуткий холод. Значит есть и иная истина, которую следует поискать не в Сахаре, а за полярным кругом. Или это уже не интересно "великим" учёным. Махинаторам от истории.
What is so incredible about Lex’s style of interview, is that despite Graham’s extensive research, knowledge and clear linguistic prowess, he holds an understandable bitterness due to the personal attacks on his enquiries which now and then comes through in his voice, and yet in those moments Lex instead asks a question with a childlike wonder and curiosity “what would be your dream find to help support your theory” (something I’ve not heard graham be asked before) and reframes the context of the conversation into a supportive collaboration of ideas; rather than a combative competition. This ability to play with ideas lightly and respect the interviewee to bring out their best side moves me emotionally, and inspires me intellectually. Thank you Lex and Graham for this great conversation.
Lex is nice. but also dog whistles to skeptics. Seems like he has some scientific thinking left in his brain and sees asking open ended questions as a life wasted.
Man, this long format it really does explore the person being interviewed so deeper. All these other aspects about them start to come through over time. Excellent work Lex!
@@jackstoltz1379 Built about 5000 years apart. On different ends of the mediterranean. You need more than "I as a layman find it looks somewhat similar" to make such connections.
Lex! The most important discussion you have with Graham is the evolution of Shamanism. His treatise “Visionary/Supernatural” is a BRILLIANT “ understanding of our shamanic past and the start of human consciousness. Thank you for asking about this.
There was a Harvard/Smithsonian archaeology study of a cite in Mexico called hueyatlaco in 1960's, they thought the site was 30k years old, but, they didn't believe it so they brought in an expert team of geologists to date it for them and their results came back at 250k years old. Needless to say the ENTIRE TEAM was criticized by academia and their work completely buried and deemed a " hoax ". Yet, today we find haplogroup A00 found in South Carolina dating humans to 300-500k years ago. What are they trying to hide/control the narrative so badly? If you find something over 10k years old it better be in Europe/Middle East or else, academia will always call it a hoax.
This is plain false. There was some controversy, but it was strictly a scientific one. And most importantly it was NOT buried or deemed a hoax. You are outright lying to support your narrative that "they" are controlling everything.
He is very professional, his style and demeanor has won me over now. I enjoy the podcasts he puts out when they are about someone or something of interest.
He is smart enough to understand that Hancock is a grifter feeding off the credulity of people whoo are more interested in whether something is cool than that it is verifiably correct. Fridman recognises that there's money in it so has sold out his credibility. If there was an ancient globespanning civilisation there would be copious evidence, a vast biotic interchange preceding the one we've perpetrated in the last few centuries would be the most distinct one - and this does not exist. Nobody who is scientifically literate, thoughtful and sceptical even begins to entertain this arrant nonsense.
I would say that he and Alex O'Connor both do an excellent job of asking pointed questions during their interviews while remaining objective, open to new ideas and respectful.
The huge popularity of pods like this and so many others prove we not only long for our lost oral traditions but can also benefit from our unexplained need for it.
I always tell folks that the power of the Storyteller cannot be underestimated, and if you don't tell your Story, the story of your people, others will do it for you.... and to your detriment.
I am 77 and remember much about the Kontiki balsa wood boat that had sailed from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 and also in 1970 the Ra II sailed from Morocco to the Barbados, both sea journeys in ancient style boats proving the possibility of cross ocean journeys in ancient times. I was a Primary school teacher and couldn’t help but see the links between ancient myths across the world.
My great x many grandmother, was a "savage" out of the forest in Canada, having married the first Catholic, with permission granted from the Pope. I wonder if the Polynesian DNA in my profile came from her.
@@SacredOwlyou need to get educated at best, stop the propaganda at worst. Hunting people and eating them for sport, spiritual gain, dominance, is indeed “savage”. Full blooded polynesians, not people like you, realize this. It was an extremely brutal way of life, that frankly, i dont think you can cope with.
That makes more sense, then people of different parts of the Earth, simultaneously thinking and building the same thing without contact. Same thing with the Bow and Arrow. How is it in Africa, and the Naitive American? Cannot be 3 coincidences.
92 years old here…I wish I had honest people like Graham Hancock in my younger days. Young people: you have exciting days ahead!!! Just be nice to each other, will ya?
It's amazing how many people find it really difficult to simply not be a c_nt. Anyways I don't have a name for my religion but it only has 1 requirement. Don't be a cu_t. That's it. Happy times.
Hancock is a fraud peddling pseudo archeology. He's not "honest", he's in the same vein as Erich von Daniken selling lies because people want to believe.
Oh nice. I get notified there was a reply. I look. My comments gone. No clue why. Must've said something that hit a commies nerve again. Haha. ..l., UA-cam.
Yeah let the guest say anything they want regardless of truth or logic, instead of getting the guest to stand by what they say instead of running away, is that a good idea? A host that doesn't correct a guest is a bad host. This is a speech not a podcast or conversation.
@@noamto when the guest is a subject matter expert talking about their chosen subject, it’s highly unlikely the host is going got be doing much correcting, isn’t it?
@@klzeccwozi1290 chill out brother, it is no harm to You to listen to alternative point of view and the do Your own research. No one is saying that both Graham and Randal are 100% correct, they do present some interesting data tho
@@klzeccwozi1290it's been released, the inventor is called malcolm bendel, the inventions is the thunderstorm generator, it's being used on a power station in london and the Indian navy are looking at retro fitting their navy ships with it. If you don't think it's legit then look at the work bob greenyer is doing on plasma, which the device uses
riddle me this ObjectiveEthics (lol), HOW is it ethical for Hankook to steal the work of archaeologists and historians, repurpose it for his own profit, make up a bunch of hooey he can't prove, sell it to you - who can't do research, and then put down the archaeologists and historians who provided the work he's using for his made up theory....? How is that ETHICAL?
Im impressed by how well the voices sound in this video, it seems that the sound is edited very well. In my nice headphones theres no bass spikes, the volume is even throughout, the mic noise is cancelled out, theres no annoying tsss tsss sounds from the talking, etc. I just wanted to point out something that some people probably dont realize that this channel does to give us a good product that we can enjoy. And thats pretty cool of them to do for the viewers.
I could listen to Graham talk for hours and do whenever given the opportunity. The final 5 mins were exceptionally interesting. He has a certain intuition that I find quite refreshing and is of course an extremely bright person. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Only wish he would of spoken more in depth on the subject of mortality and his opinion on the role the great pyramids played in how the ancient Egyptians worked to unlock the secrets of what happens after death.
Listen to his interviews on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. They go back several years. JRE & JBP & LF are the only really honest & truthfull peoples podcasts worth listening too. List to them interviewing Elon Musk. Thanks to JR for the long format.
Amazing podcast. The last hour really hit a wonderful and enjoyable free flow. I love this guest. Everything you do is great Lex. The world is a better place with you in it.
What an incredible eye-opening (for me) conversation. A lesson in history combined with human behaviour and insights in the stars. Thank you both very much from Australia.
Lex, you have shortened the divide between peoples of many different political parties, cultural backgrounds, religious backgrounds, people who have differing ideas of engineering and the future of science. You are truly a bridge and I cannot express how useful bridge people are in the face of our future in the human race. Bridges are the hero's of coordination and collaboration between the minds of one country to another, which is a necessary piece of our success in the future, the sharing of knowledge across diverse groups, and an unintentional mediator of topics that people need to find middle ground on. You're a national and global treasure. Basically, like, thanks, man.
Ah yes, the best way to learn... simply have someone uninterrupted or challenged on their incorrect facts to talk freely without any resistance. Truly a masterclass in education.
It's here to see him interviewed on his own like this. I saw him on a JRE with Carson Randall and he kept trying to take over the conversation any chance he could. It was a little off-putting
Hangcock can give 150 hours of interview no problem,, amazing stuff, he can repeat the mistery of human sivilisations ,,the start of sivilisation happened in turkey?
Graham does a much better job here couching his views as hypotheses that would demand further evidence or reevaluation of existing evidence. Much more refined than I have seen him in other interviews.
Agreed. Which is the right way to go as the case that *something is missing* is much easier to go with than any particular thesis about what. i dont really understand how his opponents reconcile the fact they are jumping up and down trying to prove a negative with any claim to be open minded. have to say, though... although Graham has come across as a bit driven and harried in the past, I dont blame him. He has been under immense pressure for decades just for free spirited inquiry. It's bound to make you need to dig in a bit.
Yeah he was too emotionally involved in the JRE debate. He focussed so much on clearing his name from racial and white supremacist jibs from the archaeological community that he lost his way. Have you seen his recent post on UA-cam about acknowledging this point. Well worth a watch. I'd like a 2.0 with that Dibbler weirdo.
The Australian Aboriginal oral traditional stories are literally the exact story telling phenomena used in the ‘mega memory’ system, the Aboriginal elders remember and teach a massive amount of information with every important detail in order
Yes that's why they are far more advanced than any population today.Makes you wonder why we use things like historical records and data when we could just rely on 100% perfectly accurate memory😂
oral traditions are of course important, and that's how eventually the bible was written; but when i hear many indigenous story tellers from north america (coastal) i find they are incorporating ideas put forth by europeans (like the idea of having lived living for 10,000 years). also, if you take the finely carved totem poles which are closely tied to the Haida, they are only a couple hundred years old (the oldest ones have rotted) when they had access to better carving tools. beforehand, the poles were little more than posts for their long houses. probably for this reason that graham only mentions civilizations in south and central america.
I've been waiting for Graham or Randall to mention the huge tidal sand ripples in the middle of Australia like the scablands they talk about. The Dreamtime stories are based
I'm from Sydney Australia. The Gadigal people, the ancestral people of Sydney, have a history of Sydney that is extraordinary. They talk of a time 12 thousand years ago when Sydney Harbour was a dry valley. The Aboriginal people have an amazing tradition to pass down their history by sighting it in story form. Ingenious!! In the history they also talk about a rapid filling up of the harbour which suggests it happened within a season.
I think all myths are based on true events. Obviously not word for word exact but explained from their understand of the world at the time. I think our best records are those oral traditions still told by native tribes the world over.
Graham's approach of questioning with evidence but not claiming total proof is wise and respectable, and respectful too. Even if his hypothesis ultimately proves incorrect (and it may not) it is a good scientific approach which seeks to remove blinkers and explore alternatives. This is how knowledge is gained. By breaking paradigms and testing the boundaries of accepted thinking. We need to do this, or we railroad ourselves into ideas about the world which become increasingly hard to recognise error in.
Somebody got to him. He explicitly stated that Gobekli Tepe had no agriculture when it began. Wtf. Even on the surface?, how does he KNOW. The historical record of the Sumerians (this is just one!) has human beings farming successfully along with orchards, animal husbandry you name it. Not to mention technologies. He's being forced to push a narrative. We are far older and sophisticated. My god.
i have always followed Graham since Fingerprints of the Gods. His views about oral tradition and mankind's lost history have always resonated with me, on a personal level. I'm from Mozambique, Africa and where i was born we have a local flood myth. It exists until today (but is fading as more people grow out of oral traditions) but i was fortunate enough to hear it from my great grandmother. His book opened my eyes to the fact that this stuff exists all over the world, not just the big examples normally mentioned when these conversations happen. This is my personal best episode ever.
you do know during the younger dryas period the water only rose at approx 1 inch a year, this guy is full of shit and making coin off peeps with little knowledge.
@@benjohnsen4548 so many clueless people out here in the ether....they love his sneaky, ego-filled, presentation. personally, I see lies oozing out of his face...lol...and then he slams archaeologists and historians, the very people whose work he steals to repurpose to try and support his own made-up BS...it is so amazingly disingenuous...sickening to those of us who see right through him. it's like watching a MAGA rally....
@@benjohnsen4548 the water rose at an average rate of 3-4 inches or so per year for many years, but if you use that logic you could also state that 9 people per day were killed in terror attacks on New York’s world trade centre in 2001. It’s not a clever observation, in fact it’s the observation of a simpleton with zero capacity to express or consider nuance, and it does not comport with the dynamic character of our planet.
@@FastForward-i4s Sis you independently verify either claim? The flood claim where an ice dam broke and cold flood waters disrupted the AMOC briefly is one theory, but sea levels not rising is problematic, as the source waters for this influx were landlocked and unconnected to the sea. Another theory which has actual evidence is volcanic activity. And there are of course, any number of theories without any real evidence for them.
Graham is a remarkable human being, I am constantly enthralled by his books, series and podcasts he appears on. Such a legend! He really just see's the ancient world in such a different way. Keep on keeping on G
Grahm seemed to have this perceptive awareness that let the original question get unintentionally subverted by Lex, postulate on the subversion, and then return to the original intent before closing the loop. I appreciate this, as I see so many times the original question go largely unanswered by embellishment of a tangent. What an interesting man, and the right man to interview him.
Astoundingly, you possess an exceptional and unparalleled ability to transform a fundamentally straightforward and uncomplicated declaration into something extravagantly verbose and needlessly convoluted.
Fr. Joe Rogan can sometimes have great topics with great minds but it pisses me off when he just keeps interrupting great scholars such as Brian Cox just to keep interjecting and doesn’t know when to shut the f up & let the guy across the table talk
I wasn't sure how this was going to, with Lex being a scientist. All of the criticism seems to have knocked Graham's confidence. The way their minds met as the conversation evolved and the way Lex was able to appreciate the merit and mystery in both sides was a joy to behold. Even some of the wilder theories, Lex genuinely connected to
this dude was the one that made me watch podcasts I still remember his first amazing appearance onJoe Rogan's podcast. Glad you brought him here, Lex. It doesn't really matter to me if his theory is true or false, it's still super entertaining and worth investigating
@There's a big difference between a show being a 'super entertaining' and a something being 'worth investigating'. Nothing Hancock cooks up is worth investigating. Don't let yourself be fooled so easily.
@@jonescrusher1 who cares, he is investigating it himself w/ netflix money.. Not like he is wasting public resources from a government or an university
I’m absolutely loving the latest series of podcasts you’ve put out. Ancient history, cultures, political systems… it’s absolutely gripping, entertaining and informative. Thanks for all your hard work - I love listening to your stuff and really appreciate that you exist in this world. Peace! ✌🏻
Увлекательный и прекрасно проиллюстрированный разговор.Загадки истории привлекательны для изучения именно тем,что дают возможность потренировать "глаз",посмотрев на события давно минувших дней шире и объёмнее без оглядки на общепринятый и удобный угол обзора. Спасибо Вам
Graham claimed that mainstream archeology tries to suppress his views but he is way more popular than them. He has more videos on UA-cam and even a Netflix documentary 😂😂.
@@politicallyincorrect2564 "Graham claimed that mainstream archeology tries to suppress his views" aka a martyr complex - professionally playing the victim card so that sympathetic fools will fill his bank account.
Ah. Bravo. Cast that doubt! It helps your own doubts feel real. Debunkers are both creative and effective so don't take this as insincere. I really am impressed.
Thanks for this wonderful interview of Graham Hancock. I’ve been following his work since I came across a copy of The Sign and the Seal in the early 90s. He’s a brilliant and fascinating man, and I appreciated the opportunity to listen to him talk without having to constantly defend himself.
Always love listening to Graham talk about anything, an amazing mind who has seen and explored so much of the world much of us will never have to opportunity to see! It’s amazing we get this sort of information for free, thank you for not being afraid to question the status quo and exploring other possibilities. There is so much of this world we still know so little about!
I agree with everything you said, just not about the fact that UA-cam is free. There's a bigger picture as to the actual price of things Not to nitpick or pick on you or anything, but it's something I read often. Nothing about google is actually free. Wikipedia is free. Wayback machine is free
This Hancock guy does bring up a lot of interesting question that might never been answered but we should always be asking uncomfortable questions and not ridiculing those who ask them
If you watch Ancient Apocalypse it does bring out too many complex megalithic structures that disproves archaelogical dogma that humans were simple hunter gatherers 9000 years ago
Asking just for the point of asking is reductive - like the adult equivalent of a child in the back seat of the car asking "are we there yet?" every 30 seconds while their parents try to remember why they wanted to become parents. At a certain point when you are just pointing at the people actually doing the work and telling them that they are doing it wrong then you are in fact the problem in the room. Hancock despite being VERY rich at this point has never once funded any archaeological expeditions. If he were as serious as he pretends to be to get you to open your wallets and buy his media then he would have opened his own wallet to fund expeditions years ago. Also, it's Hancock who started ridiculing archaeologists first - he's like the American GOP mandating the removal of sex ed in schools and then campaigning on reducing abortions when the inevitable result of the lack of sex ed leads to unwanted pregnancies.
Graham is a walking encyclopaedia of his own life’s work. You could make a book out of the transcript of this interview alone without need for any editing or correction. His lucid recall of facts and figures is in itself something of a miracle. Information just flows from his expansive mind.
Really enjoyed this podcast. A fan of Graham. He challenges one to think holistically. Great to join him on his adventure of seeking to discover the real story of ancient peoples and civilizations.
Wow! What a remarkable conversation between two brilliant minds! I loved every moment of it... :) Conversations like this one make those of us who studied history wish we had pursued archaeology instead. As an Assyrian whose ancestors likely gazed at the stars, I truly appreciate discussions like this. I remember a trip to Australia where my friends bought a telescope, and we spent so many nights stargazing. Life on Earth is truly such a fascinating journey. I've always believed that no matter how much we learn, it’s just a drop in the ocean... Mr. Zecharia Sitchin’s theories about the advanced civilization he referred to as the Anunnaki are intriguing as well and I remembered him when you mentioned the advanced alien theory or what some call the ancient astronaut theory. I kept thinking as I was listening to you both speak so eloquently that the last Unicorns still exist... While I believe humanity is fundamentally one, not everyone shares the same level of consciousness. This is absolutely true and there must be a reason why there is such a huge difference in our levels of compassion... The question of who our ancestors were is endlessly captivating... I once argued in philosophy class that the concept of "human" is actually vague, but few agreed. Thankfully, people are starting to engage more with these ideas now. :) Thank you both again for such an enlightening discussion. I wish if I could ask you both a gazillion questions! Sincerely- Yona (Abbey Mikha)
I love reading Graham Hancock, but listening to him speak is such a treat. The way he expresses ideas is truly unique. Love him or hate him, you can't deny his amazing talent as an orator and author.
@@MrAchile13 the more midwits like you smear him, the more I go from being on the fence to taking his side. Reminds me of how people would talk about those against covid injectables in 2020/2021.
@davestevenson9080 I really don't care what reactionary NPCs like you do. Feel free to throw all science, arguments and logical thinking aside and just follow your feelings...
That was delightful guys. It just felt like a very caring and enjoyable conversation between two friends who like sharing each other's company, whilst enjoying the discussion of exploring the beauty and mystery of consciousness! It was a very appropriate vibe! 😄
They disagree about some major things but we love them both because they’re honest respectful men. Flint could be seen the same way if he wasn’t such a little prick.
I’m really grateful for Graham and Santha’s amazing work through the last decades. They have truly sparked a sense of wonder and curiosity in me than I’ve really never experienced before, even after 18 years of schooling and university. And thank you Lex for your honest, humble and sincere way of conversing with so many wonderful interlocutors.
@@TheAngryHippie I don't care enough about graham hancock to hate. I'm just letting you know that he's a conartist and you're the one being conned. This comes more out of a place of love. It's a shame to see.
@@sethjohnson6012 You clearly never heard anything about him other than his view on ancient mysteries. He's done more for people than you ever have or will do
@michaelholmes8848 until his hypothesis have been debunked, they can't say he's wrong. Especially with all the evidence that suggests that it's possible.
Some people are idiots... if you actually listen to Hancock you will hear that he never says his ideas are facts... he just proposes theories. I don't know that he will ever be proven right, but I do know he will never be proven wrong... the absence of evidence proves nothing.
This was a good interview for Graham Hancock because he was able to effectively and clearly express his ideas, and then have Mr Fridman summarize in layman's terms which helped me follow along in this information dense discussion.
Lex Fridman, you're the original all American boy. Respectful, open-minded, polite, seeking for the truth by listening to all sides of the argument. So far removed from the narrow-minded, close-minded Americans we're seeing today. What happened? We need more folk like Lex.
This interview has been a joy to watch. Possibly the best overview of Graham Hancocks theories and hypotheses. I am going to watch this again. Thank you Lex. I hadn’t heard of you before. You have a new subscriber. 🙏
As an Illustrator the idea that consciousness itself could have been the drive for life to appear, will inspire me in untold ways. Thankyou for having this beautiful conversation. ❤
That's not history, that are fairy tales. There is a difference. Yes, both can be fascinating and entertaining - but you should never confuse them with each other.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:34 - Lost Ice Age civilization
8:39 - Göbekli Tepe
20:43 - Early humans
25:43 - Astronomical symbolism
37:11 - Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
55:31 - The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx of Giza
1:16:04 - Sahara Desert and the Amazon rainforest
1:25:25 - Response to critics
1:49:31 - Panspermia
1:56:58 - Shamanism
2:20:58 - How the Great Pyramid was built
2:28:17 - Mortality
*Transcript:*
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I wanted to go to sleep then you dropped this 😂
Appreciated! Many blessings to you and yours 💯🇺🇸🤝
Lex, you are a human machine. Much love to you 🤍
Lexie i'm sorry bestie but Graham Hancock is a clown even by his own logic.
he has no evidence sadly and his ideas tend to trace to very problematically ahistorical warpings of the past like nordicism...
have an archeologist on next time, might balance out the pseudoscience
you should've asked him to cite actual evidence to a degree beyond "looks like"
Graham isn't the best source on human history considering he genuinely thinks neanderthals and other ancient humans were atlanteans who mastered psychology to the point of telekinesis on the megalith-moving scale.
Just woke up. It’s my birthday and I have a 3.5 hour drive to make. The Gods have smiled on me!!!!
Happy Birthday mate!
Happy birthday to you!
It's my birthday too.This is a nice little surprise gift.
The gods from 12500 years ago
@@dalefernandez19 Happy Libra Day 🙌🏼
I picked Graham and his wife up in London after their dinner with Joe Rogan, drove them to their station. Such a wild moment because I love his books. They were such sweet people, Graham couldn't believe I recognised him, and they waved me goodbye at the station. Wonderful people.
// it's kinda sad to see how cynical people are, but I get it. I have shared this story on some other videos, yeah. I just want to share a ridiculously low chance encounter. In London, it's not uncommon to pick up celebrities. But this time was different because he's a guy very few drivers might recognise, unless they've watched him on podcasts etc. His podcasts on Joe Rogan were the first I'd listened to, and I found his ideas fascinating.
This was just before his Netflix show came out, he told me it was due to come out in a month or two, I can't recall. I just wanted to share how nice he was to me, despite what I agree or disagree with him about. You can like someone and not agree with some ideas, you know. And you can dislike someone and still agree with their ideas.
Gross
@@wafflefry18 ?
The Gods smiled on you! Lol … 😊
@@MrGorobu Gross = troll
Shill more
I live in Alaska and in the early 90’s my friends and I witnessed a dead on view of a meteor entering our atmosphere where it was white with a purple ring after that point of entry it instantaneously expanded into an absolutely huge fireball at which point a few seconds later it exploded with the loudest most concussive explosion I’ve ever felt, heard or witnessed. It then rained down a fire glitter onto the mountain in front of us about 2 miles away. Many residents heard the BOOM but we were the only ones to witness it. I still have the newspaper article.
Wow
Is it true that in Alaska, u guys get gay in your log cabins to stay warm?
I will be looking for the news article. Amazing, and how fortunate you are to have seen that!
@ Juneau Empire Monday April 16 , 1990
@rainforestrc767 I remember the whole sky and ground turning green from what must have been something similar around 1995 in northern California. Then again sometime around 2003. I like stuff like that. Thank you for sharing!
Спасибо тебе огромное за русскоязычную дорожку! Даже те, кто неплохо знает английский, устают долго смотреть подкасты, на которых обсуждаются такие глубокие вещи.
че тут глубокого, нумерология, какая-то мешанина предположений конца 19 и начала 20-х веков. Полное пренебрежение накопленными антропологическими и археологическими, генетическими базами. Послушайте лучше нашего антрополога Дробышевского.
@@mineevburyat по мнению амеров, кроме как у них, никого образованного на планете быть не может, а вы говорите про русского учёного ))
@@mineevburyatпочему именно " наши" тяготеют к тому чтобы обоср.ть мнение " не наших"?!... Ну неинтересно, не смотри! Или ты хочешь показать что у нас учёные тоже есть? Так Хенкок не ученый. А если речь о научном сообществе , так там полно споров , нестыковок и заблуждений.
@@Аристарх-т6ээто твои комплексы об этом рассказали?
@@Аристарх-т6эамеры это люди со всей планеты, которые туда едут, чтобы там жить и работать.
Props for all the visuals. Makes everything a lot more clear and interesting to watch.
Yeah definitely Graham needs a Jamie 😂
Good point, it does very much! Definitely deserves recognition and appreciation :))
Same thing for the Ancient Rome and Americas episode. The visuals were super helpful, that’s good production.
But it's still all fraudulent.
{:o:O:}
This
Graham looks good for 74, keep going champ.
Better than that flint dibble guy
All that DMT FOR SURE!
@@colinflynn1090 Flint Dibble is so stressed about Graham's ideas hes gettin cancer. Like for real he should focus on something else its not healthy for him >.
74 ? Damn I seriously thought he was way younger 😮than
@@colinflynn1090 The guy who consistently proved his smug ass wrong lol
Prepare the bong and coffee.
@@cso6565 haha. His audience in a nutshell
Grin!
bullseye!
why do i see myself in that comment :O
Puff puff give brother
Graham is truly one of the legends I'm most grateful for.
Totally agree 👍
А как тогда быть с мамонтами, которые массово находят и сейчас в Сибири, в вечной мерзлоте?
Похоже, ваш исследователь, глубоко ошибается по поводу того, что северные области нашей планеты не могли быть прародиной той древней цивилизации, что оставила след по всей земле после Великой катастрофы.
По его словам, кто же мог жить в те древние времена за полярным кругом, если там такой жуткий холод.
А мамонты, теплолюбивые животные, оказывается там жили и там же и погибли все разом.
В одночасье их засыпало грунтом вместе с обломками древесины и потом все это сковал жуткий холод.
Значит есть и иная истина, которую следует поискать не в Сахаре, а за полярным кругом.
Или это уже не интересно "великим" учёным. Махинаторам от истории.
What is so incredible about Lex’s style of interview, is that despite Graham’s extensive research, knowledge and clear linguistic prowess, he holds an understandable bitterness due to the personal attacks on his enquiries which now and then comes through in his voice, and yet in those moments Lex instead asks a question with a childlike wonder and curiosity “what would be your dream find to help support your theory” (something I’ve not heard graham be asked before) and reframes the context of the conversation into a supportive collaboration of ideas; rather than a combative competition. This ability to play with ideas lightly and respect the interviewee to bring out their best side moves me emotionally, and inspires me intellectually. Thank you Lex and Graham for this great conversation.
Yeah, Lex has that gift. I don't know how he does it, props to him.
Natural curiosity?@@Mistrinho
Yes it's a real skill for sure, and also takes a genuine interest without preset agenda or bias.
Lex is nice. but also dog whistles to skeptics. Seems like he has some scientific thinking left in his brain and sees asking open ended questions as a life wasted.
"research"
Man, this long format it really does explore the person being interviewed so deeper. All these other aspects about them start to come through over time. Excellent work Lex!
Torralba d'en Salord in Spain and gobekli tepe in turkey look very similar. Y'all should look at them both. Definitely a connection.
@@jackstoltz1379 Built about 5000 years apart. On different ends of the mediterranean.
You need more than "I as a layman find it looks somewhat similar" to make such connections.
Lex! The most important discussion you have with Graham is the evolution of Shamanism. His treatise “Visionary/Supernatural” is a BRILLIANT “ understanding of our shamanic past and the start of human consciousness. Thank you for asking about this.
There was a Harvard/Smithsonian archaeology study of a cite in Mexico called hueyatlaco in 1960's, they thought the site was 30k years old, but, they didn't believe it so they brought in an expert team of geologists to date it for them and their results came back at 250k years old. Needless to say the ENTIRE TEAM was criticized by academia and their work completely buried and deemed a " hoax ". Yet, today we find haplogroup A00 found in South Carolina dating humans to 300-500k years ago. What are they trying to hide/control the narrative so badly? If you find something over 10k years old it better be in Europe/Middle East or else, academia will always call it a hoax.
This is plain false.
There was some controversy, but it was strictly a scientific one. And most importantly it was NOT buried or deemed a hoax. You are outright lying to support your narrative that "they" are controlling everything.
Lex is growing on me, im sure he has his opinions but he shows his guestsl respect and genuine curiosity for their paradigms. Its refreshing
He is very professional, his style and demeanor has won me over now. I enjoy the podcasts he puts out when they are about someone or something of interest.
He is smart enough to understand that Hancock is a grifter feeding off the credulity of people whoo are more interested in whether something is cool than that it is verifiably correct. Fridman recognises that there's money in it so has sold out his credibility. If there was an ancient globespanning civilisation there would be copious evidence, a vast biotic interchange preceding the one we've perpetrated in the last few centuries would be the most distinct one - and this does not exist. Nobody who is scientifically literate, thoughtful and sceptical even begins to entertain this arrant nonsense.
Welcome to the cult bro!
I would say that he and Alex O'Connor both do an excellent job of asking pointed questions during their interviews while remaining objective, open to new ideas and respectful.
Why do i feel like this comment is on every video. Looks like everyone shows their guests respect and its refreshing everywhere.
The huge popularity of pods like this and so many others prove we not only long for our lost oral traditions but can also benefit from our unexplained need for it.
@@theadventurefamily4991 go to the library and you will find whole shelves on all those lost traditions.
I always tell folks that the power of the Storyteller cannot be underestimated, and if you don't tell your Story, the story of your people, others will do it for you.... and to your detriment.
Absolutely
How many campfires does it take to make a civilization?
@@threeriversforge1997 The winners write history. Sad truth.
I am 77 and remember much about the Kontiki balsa wood boat that had sailed from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 and also in 1970 the Ra II sailed from Morocco to the Barbados, both sea journeys in ancient style boats proving the possibility of cross ocean journeys in ancient times. I was a Primary school teacher and couldn’t help but see the links between ancient myths across the world.
My great x many grandmother, was a "savage" out of the forest in Canada, having married the first Catholic, with permission granted from the Pope. I wonder if the Polynesian DNA in my profile came from her.
@@SacredOwlyou need to get educated at best, stop the propaganda at worst. Hunting people and eating them for sport, spiritual gain, dominance, is indeed “savage”. Full blooded polynesians, not people like you, realize this. It was an extremely brutal way of life, that frankly, i dont think you can cope with.
Torralba d'en Salord in Spain and gobekli tepe in turkey look very similar. Y'all should look at them both. Definitely a connection.
That makes more sense, then people of different parts of the Earth, simultaneously thinking and building the same thing without contact. Same thing with the Bow and Arrow. How is it in Africa, and the Naitive American? Cannot be 3 coincidences.
Thor Heyerdahl is the guy with kon-tiki and ra
92 years old here…I wish I had honest people like Graham Hancock in my younger days.
Young people: you have exciting days ahead!!! Just be nice to each other, will ya?
There were. But you made fun of them so you would be in the cool crowd
It's amazing how many people find it really difficult to simply not be a c_nt. Anyways I don't have a name for my religion but it only has 1 requirement. Don't be a cu_t. That's it. Happy times.
Hancock is a fraud peddling pseudo archeology. He's not "honest", he's in the same vein as Erich von Daniken selling lies because people want to believe.
What was Atlantic like
Oh nice. I get notified there was a reply. I look. My comments gone. No clue why. Must've said something that hit a commies nerve again. Haha. ..l., UA-cam.
I like it when the host lets the guest as much as he wants . That’s what we came here for . Respect to Lex
Graham's story is much more palatable and understandable when he is allowed free reigns like this format. Thank you, Lex.
Joe Rogan could learn a thing or two
Yeah let the guest say anything they want regardless of truth or logic, instead of getting the guest to stand by what they say instead of running away, is that a good idea?
A host that doesn't correct a guest is a bad host. This is a speech not a podcast or conversation.
@@noamto when the guest is a subject matter expert talking about their chosen subject, it’s highly unlikely the host is going got be doing much correcting, isn’t it?
@noamto If we wanted your opinion, we would let you say anything you want. So shut up, you're wrong. 😭😂 You've no idea how clownish you sound.
Even Flint Dibble is hyped for this.
Flint fucking dibble 😂
You mean Skint Dribble
@@TheColdHarshTruth haha
lol
Cahm Dribble?
Randall Carlson is next!! I CAN FEEL IT!
There is relatively new one with him on Ryan Shawn channel if You intrested :)
@@klzeccwozi1290 So I guess you're not a believer. That's okay...
@@klzeccwozi1290 chill out brother, it is no harm to You to listen to alternative point of view and the do Your own research. No one is saying that both Graham and Randal are 100% correct, they do present some interesting data tho
@@klzeccwozi1290it's been released, the inventor is called malcolm bendel, the inventions is the thunderstorm generator, it's being used on a power station in london and the Indian navy are looking at retro fitting their navy ships with it. If you don't think it's legit then look at the work bob greenyer is doing on plasma, which the device uses
Poor Randall, Hancock’s naively abused “useful idiot”.
Спасибо за Вашу работу❤ Особенно, перевод на разные языки. Очень полезные интервью
It's so nice just to hear Graham talk without constant interruptions
That's how you interview someone isn't it? Great Job for lex.
Yes, not like Joe Rogan
There is 10 hours worth of a Netflix series showcasing his views
Lex knows how to interview 😊
I'd like to interrupt him on his Out oof Africa theory.. Daang, what a disappointment
This interview was an absolute pleasure to watch. Thank you Lex for bringing a humble and inquisitive approach to your interview style.
riddle me this ObjectiveEthics (lol), HOW is it ethical for Hankook to steal the work of archaeologists and historians, repurpose it for his own profit, make up a bunch of hooey he can't prove, sell it to you - who can't do research, and then put down the archaeologists and historians who provided the work he's using for his made up theory....? How is that ETHICAL?
I wish he'd have a real archaeologist on to counter Hancock's utter fabulism.
Im impressed by how well the voices sound in this video, it seems that the sound is edited very well. In my nice headphones theres no bass spikes, the volume is even throughout, the mic noise is cancelled out, theres no annoying tsss tsss sounds from the talking, etc. I just wanted to point out something that some people probably dont realize that this channel does to give us a good product that we can enjoy. And thats pretty cool of them to do for the viewers.
I'm watching on my phone so I wouldn't really know just how good the audio quality is, but it does sound good even through the crappy phone speaker
I noticed this too, they have upgraded the Lex audio at some point
An audiophile. I "hear" you 😉
Listen to the show with a good pair of Bang&Olufsen headphones 🎧 👌🏼 You are absolutely right ✅️
I think that warm, clear sound is achieved through a process called compression xx
Always incredible listening to Graham Hancock
I could listen to Graham talk for hours and do whenever given the opportunity. The final 5 mins were exceptionally interesting. He has a certain intuition that I find quite refreshing and is of course an extremely bright person. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Only wish he would of spoken more in depth on the subject of mortality and his opinion on the role the great pyramids played in how the ancient Egyptians worked to unlock the secrets of what happens after death.
This is one of the best interviews with Graham Hancock I’ve ever heard. Thank you both.
I agree!!
Listen to his interviews on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
They go back several years. JRE & JBP & LF are the only really honest & truthfull peoples podcasts worth listening too.
List to them interviewing Elon Musk.
Thanks to JR for the long format.
@@psmithson104im a fan of Hancock, but he has been around on many podcast. This is his 3rd or 4th on lex and he begins to repeat himself.
Amazing podcast. The last hour really hit a wonderful and enjoyable free flow. I love this guest. Everything you do is great Lex. The world is a better place with you in it.
What an incredible eye-opening (for me) conversation. A lesson in history combined with human behaviour and insights in the stars. Thank you both very much from Australia.
Lex, you have shortened the divide between peoples of many different political parties, cultural backgrounds, religious backgrounds, people who have differing ideas of engineering and the future of science.
You are truly a bridge and I cannot express how useful bridge people are in the face of our future in the human race. Bridges are the hero's of coordination and collaboration between the minds of one country to another, which is a necessary piece of our success in the future, the sharing of knowledge across diverse groups, and an unintentional mediator of topics that people need to find middle ground on.
You're a national and global treasure.
Basically, like, thanks, man.
Good job Lex for letting Graham speak freely, probably the best video summarizing his work to date.
Ah yes, the best way to learn... simply have someone uninterrupted or challenged on their incorrect facts to talk freely without any resistance. Truly a masterclass in education.
"work"
Who doesnt let Graham speak freely? I 100% agree he should speak freely at all times and be called a grifter at all times.
@@BrandingChangeYep
Spoken like a true totalitarian. You'll be voting pro censorship in November I presume?
@@abc-yg6tk quite right! If he were not allowed to speak freely, we wouldn’t be able to tell what a clueless cretin he is.
We need 3 hours of Randal talking about Sirius
Seriously?
I love the guy but even I don't have the stamina for 3 hours on Sirius. And are you sure the man can stay on one topic lol
American turbulent wader😂
6 hours
That's 45 computer cable changes and 984 slides
New drinking game...take a shot every time Graham says Göbeklitepe.
Then the winner has to try to pronounce it 🤣
Go back Lee teppy!
Younger Dryas
Summer solstice
Dont drink alcohol its extremely toxic and deadly and addictive
It's incredible how much this man can talk. Lex has said less in this interview than in any other interview I've seen of his lol.
It's here to see him interviewed on his own like this. I saw him on a JRE with Carson Randall and he kept trying to take over the conversation any chance he could. It was a little off-putting
people who talk a lot are often wrong a lot
Hangcock can give 150 hours of interview no problem,, amazing stuff, he can repeat the mistery of human sivilisations ,,the start of sivilisation happened in turkey?
@@dumbcat no comment
Graham I think is actually a alien with mind control powers
Graham does a much better job here couching his views as hypotheses that would demand further evidence or reevaluation of existing evidence. Much more refined than I have seen him in other interviews.
Yeah, I think it's telling that Lex didn't call him a historian in his intro. Graham Hancock is the perfect embodiment of JAQing off.
Backtracking.
Agreed. Which is the right way to go as the case that *something is missing* is much easier to go with than any particular thesis about what. i dont really understand how his opponents reconcile the fact they are jumping up and down trying to prove a negative with any claim to be open minded. have to say, though... although Graham has come across as a bit driven and harried in the past, I dont blame him. He has been under immense pressure for decades just for free spirited inquiry. It's bound to make you need to dig in a bit.
Yeah he was too emotionally involved in the JRE debate. He focussed so much on clearing his name from racial and white supremacist jibs from the archaeological community that he lost his way. Have you seen his recent post on UA-cam about acknowledging this point. Well worth a watch. I'd like a 2.0 with that Dibbler weirdo.
Thought the same thing!
Pissed me off
The Australian Aboriginal oral traditional stories are literally the exact story telling phenomena used in the ‘mega memory’ system, the Aboriginal elders remember and teach a massive amount of information with every important detail in order
Fun fact aboriginal people have a larger portion of the brain than other races set aside for visual memory.
Yes that's why they are far more advanced than any population today.Makes you wonder why we use things like historical records and data when we could just rely on 100% perfectly accurate memory😂
oral traditions are of course important, and that's how eventually the bible was written; but when i hear many indigenous story tellers from north america (coastal) i find they are incorporating ideas put forth by europeans (like the idea of having lived living for 10,000 years). also, if you take the finely carved totem poles which are closely tied to the Haida, they are only a couple hundred years old (the oldest ones have rotted) when they had access to better carving tools. beforehand, the poles were little more than posts for their long houses. probably for this reason that graham only mentions civilizations in south and central america.
I've been waiting for Graham or Randall to mention the huge tidal sand ripples in the middle of Australia like the scablands they talk about. The Dreamtime stories are based
@@OZDurden have you seen any suspiciousobservers channel vids?
I'm from Sydney Australia. The Gadigal people, the ancestral people of Sydney, have a history of Sydney that is extraordinary. They talk of a time 12 thousand years ago when Sydney Harbour was a dry valley. The Aboriginal people have an amazing tradition to pass down their history by sighting it in story form. Ingenious!! In the history they also talk about a rapid filling up of the harbour which suggests it happened within a season.
That is awesome.
Thankyou for sharing that ancient history.
So important to the world. 😊❤
@@KieferBradshaw This is great stuff! I respect a people's oral traditions.
I think all myths are based on true events. Obviously not word for word exact but explained from their understand of the world at the time. I think our best records are those oral traditions still told by native tribes the world over.
@ It's kind of a nebulous, amorphous affair, isn't it? But there is truth in mythology. To discern it is the hardest task.
My great grandfather, who was born a slave 1959, said the same , of basins filling up.... less land.
Graham's approach of questioning with evidence but not claiming total proof is wise and respectable, and respectful too. Even if his hypothesis ultimately proves incorrect (and it may not) it is a good scientific approach which seeks to remove blinkers and explore alternatives. This is how knowledge is gained. By breaking paradigms and testing the boundaries of accepted thinking. We need to do this, or we railroad ourselves into ideas about the world which become increasingly hard to recognise error in.
It's 5am where I am...just woke up. Time to blaze and enjoy the ride.
It's always Christmas with graham. I find him and his stories utterly fascinating.
Somebody got to him. He explicitly stated that Gobekli Tepe had no agriculture when it began. Wtf.
Even on the surface?, how does he KNOW. The historical record of the Sumerians (this is just one!) has human beings farming successfully along with orchards, animal husbandry you name it. Not to mention technologies.
He's being forced to push a narrative.
We are far older and sophisticated. My god.
Graham really is like Christmas. In fact I can't think of a way he's not like Christmas.
Christ-Mass is about Christ. God bless you.
@@AntonSoloviev_Loves_Jesus is it not about presents, a tree, Santa claus?
Only the lord shall judge me
why because both are full of fictional stories?
i have always followed Graham since Fingerprints of the Gods. His views about oral tradition and mankind's lost history have always resonated with me, on a personal level. I'm from Mozambique, Africa and where i was born we have a local flood myth. It exists until today (but is fading as more people grow out of oral traditions) but i was fortunate enough to hear it from my great grandmother. His book opened my eyes to the fact that this stuff exists all over the world, not just the big examples normally mentioned when these conversations happen. This is my personal best episode ever.
you do know during the younger dryas period the water only rose at approx 1 inch a year, this guy is full of shit and making coin off peeps with little knowledge.
@benjohnsen4548 well, he is more researched than your "he is full of shit". Between the two, excuse me if ill consider his opinion
@@benjohnsen4548 so many clueless people out here in the ether....they love his sneaky, ego-filled, presentation. personally, I see lies oozing out of his face...lol...and then he slams archaeologists and historians, the very people whose work he steals to repurpose to try and support his own made-up BS...it is so amazingly disingenuous...sickening to those of us who see right through him. it's like watching a MAGA rally....
@@benjohnsen4548 the water rose at an average rate of 3-4 inches or so per year for many years, but if you use that logic you could also state that 9 people per day were killed in terror attacks on New York’s world trade centre in 2001. It’s not a clever observation, in fact it’s the observation of a simpleton with zero capacity to express or consider nuance, and it does not comport with the dynamic character of our planet.
@@FastForward-i4s Sis you independently verify either claim?
The flood claim where an ice dam broke and cold flood waters disrupted the AMOC briefly is one theory, but sea levels not rising is problematic, as the source waters for this influx were landlocked and unconnected to the sea.
Another theory which has actual evidence is volcanic activity.
And there are of course, any number of theories without any real evidence for them.
Graham is a remarkable human being, I am constantly enthralled by his books, series and podcasts he appears on. Such a legend! He really just see's the ancient world in such a different way. Keep on keeping on G
I could listen to Hancock all day! I hope to see more from him on this pod Lex.
You like hearing nonsense?
Grahm seemed to have this perceptive awareness that let the original question get unintentionally subverted by Lex, postulate on the subversion, and then return to the original intent before closing the loop. I appreciate this, as I see so many times the original question go largely unanswered by embellishment of a tangent. What an interesting man, and the right man to interview him.
brevity has left the chat
@@buddhabunnee Indeed. Lex wanders, Grahm keeps pace and returns to the point of departure. Interesting man, good interview.
Astoundingly, you possess an exceptional and unparalleled ability to transform a fundamentally straightforward and uncomplicated declaration into something extravagantly verbose and needlessly convoluted.
@@anschn7166 Indeed. Lex wanders, Grahm keeps pace and returns to the point of departure. Interesting man, good interview.
Torralba d'en Salord in Spain and gobekli tepe in turkey look very similar. Y'all should look at them both. Definitely a connection.
Lex has one of the few podcasts I continue to enjoy.
He’s a boring dweeb
because its more of an interview than a podcast... understand the difference
@@saradavis6581 Very unnecessary comment lol, you okay?
Fr. Joe Rogan can sometimes have great topics with great minds but it pisses me off when he just keeps interrupting great scholars such as Brian Cox just to keep interjecting and doesn’t know when to shut the f up & let the guy across the table talk
I wasn't sure how this was going to, with Lex being a scientist. All of the criticism seems to have knocked Graham's confidence.
The way their minds met as the conversation evolved and the way Lex was able to appreciate the merit and mystery in both sides was a joy to behold. Even some of the wilder theories, Lex genuinely connected to
this dude was the one that made me watch podcasts I still remember his first amazing appearance onJoe Rogan's podcast. Glad you brought him here, Lex.
It doesn't really matter to me if his theory is true or false, it's still super entertaining and worth investigating
Anyone can come up with absurd theories which are totally false but highly entertaining, why do we have to waste time on it? You should care.
@@jonescrusher1 then we should all stop watching movies and tv shows if we have to care about a netflix show not being accurate.
@There's a big difference between a show being a 'super entertaining' and a something being 'worth investigating'. Nothing Hancock cooks up is worth investigating. Don't let yourself be fooled so easily.
@@jonescrusher1 who cares, he is investigating it himself w/ netflix money.. Not like he is wasting public resources from a government or an university
@ you don’t care that millions of people watch and think it’s true? That they happily denounce the work of actual scientists and archaeologists?
I’m absolutely loving the latest series of podcasts you’ve put out. Ancient history, cultures, political systems… it’s absolutely gripping, entertaining and informative.
Thanks for all your hard work - I love listening to your stuff and really appreciate that you exist in this world. Peace! ✌🏻
This isn’t ancient history. This is ancient fiction. He has no evidence. He just makes shit up
Great story. Utter fantasy.
@@hamcheeselettucemayosandwich found the graham hancock hater
@@BasedAlaricI like scientists that use the scientific method and don’t peddle conspiracy theories.
@@BasedAlaric found the guy who accepts the credentials of a well travelled door knob
Увлекательный и прекрасно проиллюстрированный разговор.Загадки истории привлекательны для изучения именно тем,что дают возможность потренировать "глаз",посмотрев
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Beautifully put!
That was a great episode.
Graham is incredibly well spoken and a good listen.
Brilliant
Lexus, that was the best interview I've seen of Graham. Sp proud of you and love your heart.
Who is Lexus?
The best way to spend the evening
It’s not even 9 am
@@bean5618 It's 6 pm here
@@bean5618 It's 8:50 PM here.
@@ratenSmith2316 impossible
2pm here in the UK.
I clicked this at 10x the speed of light
lex and Graham, no way, get real!
I'm stoked
Lex, THANK YOU for the opportunity to listen to Mr. Hancock with free flow of thought! I love your approach with guests! ❤
I’m so glad this dude is still being interviewed by great people. Glad he is staying relevant! Great stuff here
Graham claimed that mainstream archeology tries to suppress his views but he is way more popular than them. He has more videos on UA-cam and even a Netflix documentary 😂😂.
@@politicallyincorrect2564 Certainly!
He is utterly unrelevant for real sience and knowledge about our past. If you think otherwise you fell into the trap...
@@JDAM-bi1sn I don’t know what sience is so I’m not too worried
@@politicallyincorrect2564
"Graham claimed that mainstream archeology tries to suppress his views"
aka a martyr complex - professionally playing the victim card so that sympathetic fools will fill his bank account.
Thank you for having such a fair platform, Lex
Lex, thank you. Thank you for having Grahah on and for having this GREAT talk.
Have a lot of respect for Mr Hancock, having an open mind is his his strength
Great Episode!!!!
Always love listening to Graham !!
nothing like drinking 27-30 beer while enjoying the new lex fridman podcast
Ah. Bravo. Cast that doubt! It helps your own doubts feel real.
Debunkers are both creative and effective so don't take this as insincere. I really am impressed.
Are you still alive?
Rookie numbers
Every time he says "quebecepatepy" or whatever the hell he's saying, you drink
Yes there is, in fact there is way better, watching the Lex Fredmin podcast sober.
Learn to navigate through life without alcohol.
Thanks for this wonderful interview of Graham Hancock. I’ve been following his work since I came across a copy of The Sign and the Seal in the early 90s. He’s a brilliant and fascinating man, and I appreciated the opportunity to listen to him talk without having to constantly defend himself.
always informative
Who watching in 1984?
😂
underrated comment^^
Ill be there in 2 years im still in 1986
Winston in the pub getting wasted to this
😂😂😂😂
Lex I've never seen you so quick to ask all the correct and best questions so concisely- yet another thoroughly enjoyable episode !
Always love listening to Graham talk about anything, an amazing mind who has seen and explored so much of the world much of us will never have to opportunity to see! It’s amazing we get this sort of information for free, thank you for not being afraid to question the status quo and exploring other possibilities. There is so much of this world we still know so little about!
I agree with everything you said, just not about the fact that UA-cam is free. There's a bigger picture as to the actual price of things
Not to nitpick or pick on you or anything, but it's something I read often. Nothing about google is actually free. Wikipedia is free. Wayback machine is free
@@OrlOnEarth anything that is free is stealing your data so yeah you are right
@@OrlOnEarth Bro, you are responding to an AI generated message. You can easily recognize the writing style.
This Hancock guy does bring up a lot of interesting question that might never been answered but we should always be asking uncomfortable questions and not ridiculing those who ask them
His questions have all been answered. He simply misunderstands or chooses not to understand the answers.
If you watch Ancient Apocalypse it does bring out too many complex megalithic structures that disproves archaelogical dogma that humans were simple hunter gatherers 9000 years ago
Asking just for the point of asking is reductive - like the adult equivalent of a child in the back seat of the car asking "are we there yet?" every 30 seconds while their parents try to remember why they wanted to become parents.
At a certain point when you are just pointing at the people actually doing the work and telling them that they are doing it wrong then you are in fact the problem in the room.
Hancock despite being VERY rich at this point has never once funded any archaeological expeditions.
If he were as serious as he pretends to be to get you to open your wallets and buy his media then he would have opened his own wallet to fund expeditions years ago.
Also, it's Hancock who started ridiculing archaeologists first - he's like the American GOP mandating the removal of sex ed in schools and then campaigning on reducing abortions when the inevitable result of the lack of sex ed leads to unwanted pregnancies.
Why did your comment attract the dogmatic salty ones lol
@FullBeardSk8 they think they are intellectually superior to everyone else.
We need more of this!! How about another 3 hour plus with Randall Carlson?
Yes please
Thank you Lex, and thank you Graham ❤
Graham is a walking encyclopaedia of his own life’s work. You could make a book out of the transcript of this interview alone without need for any editing or correction. His lucid recall of facts and figures is in itself something of a miracle. Information just flows from his expansive mind.
Wondered when Graham would get on here, fascinating man .
Really enjoyed this podcast. A fan of Graham. He challenges one to think holistically. Great to join him on his adventure of seeking to discover the real story of ancient peoples and civilizations.
Wow! What a remarkable conversation between two brilliant minds!
I loved every moment of it... :)
Conversations like this one make those of us who studied history wish we had pursued archaeology instead.
As an Assyrian whose ancestors likely gazed at the stars, I truly appreciate discussions like this.
I remember a trip to Australia where my friends bought a telescope, and we spent so many nights stargazing.
Life on Earth is truly such a fascinating journey.
I've always believed that no matter how much we learn, it’s just a drop in the ocean...
Mr. Zecharia Sitchin’s theories about the advanced civilization he referred to as the Anunnaki are intriguing as well and I remembered him when you mentioned the advanced alien theory or what some call the ancient astronaut theory.
I kept thinking as I was listening to you both speak so eloquently that the last Unicorns still exist...
While I believe humanity is fundamentally one, not everyone shares the same level of consciousness. This is absolutely true and there must be a reason why there is such a huge difference in our levels of compassion...
The question of who our ancestors were is endlessly captivating...
I once argued in philosophy class that the concept of "human" is actually vague, but few agreed.
Thankfully, people are starting to engage more with these ideas now. :)
Thank you both again for such an enlightening discussion.
I wish if I could ask you both a gazillion questions!
Sincerely- Yona (Abbey Mikha)
I love reading Graham Hancock, but listening to him speak is such a treat. The way he expresses ideas is truly unique. Love him or hate him, you can't deny his amazing talent as an orator and author.
He's definitely a good orator and writer, which makes it so unfortunate he is spreading pseudo-science and using dishonest tactics.
@@MrAchile13 the more midwits like you smear him, the more I go from being on the fence to taking his side. Reminds me of how people would talk about those against covid injectables in 2020/2021.
@davestevenson9080 I really don't care what reactionary NPCs like you do. Feel free to throw all science, arguments and logical thinking aside and just follow your feelings...
@@MrAchile13 That’s exactly what your cu lt did in 2020…
@@liquidsnakex It's fascinating to see people open their mouths, but failing to say anything...
Lex, you are a human machine, dropping yet another intriguing episode. Thank you for all the great work that you do. Much love to you 🤍
Love Graham! I will watch ALL his content and interviews. His books are fantastic and his audio books read by him are just fantastic. 🤩
70 and he can riff massive data. Without hesitation. Not forgetting terms times names. Amazing
That was delightful guys. It just felt like a very caring and enjoyable conversation between two friends who like sharing each other's company, whilst enjoying the discussion of exploring the beauty and mystery of consciousness! It was a very appropriate vibe! 😄
I love how we have Ed Barnhart and Graham Hancock within the same month
Hear, hear!
They disagree about some major things but we love them both because they’re honest respectful men. Flint could be seen the same way if he wasn’t such a little prick.
you should find better things to love
You should find real things to hate@@mathieutyler8745
The internet loves to hate. We have a lot of sick people, that’s quite sad. No reason to hate on another person
Graham is the man 🦾 thanks for this Lex! All the best brother
I’m really grateful for Graham and Santha’s amazing work through the last decades. They have truly sparked a sense of wonder and curiosity in me than I’ve really never experienced before, even after 18 years of schooling and university.
And thank you Lex for your honest, humble and sincere way of conversing with so many wonderful interlocutors.
graham is a fraud.
This is my favorite version of Lex he has a way off looking into history with an open mind that's refreshing
Its ALWAYS a good time listening to a new Graham Hancock podcast
Graham Hancock is a conartist
@@sethjohnson6012 Haters gonna hate!
@@sethjohnson6012
My crusty underwear was conned into Flint eating it thinking it's toast.
@@TheAngryHippie I don't care enough about graham hancock to hate. I'm just letting you know that he's a conartist and you're the one being conned. This comes more out of a place of love. It's a shame to see.
@@sethjohnson6012 You clearly never heard anything about him other than his view on ancient mysteries. He's done more for people than you ever have or will do
I could listen to this man talk for hours. He has the best voice.
And the accent icing the cake.
Shame he talks nonsense
@michaelholmes8848 yes probably
I feel given time Graham's work will eventually be accepted.
But he’s wrong?
@michaelholmes8848 until his hypothesis have been debunked, they can't say he's wrong. Especially with all the evidence that suggests that it's possible.
Never.
Some people are idiots... if you actually listen to Hancock you will hear that he never says his ideas are facts... he just proposes theories. I don't know that he will ever be proven right, but I do know he will never be proven wrong... the absence of evidence proves nothing.
Just wanted to say love all of you ❤
so exciting that even lex listens silently😁😆thanks both of you
This was a good interview for Graham Hancock because he was able to effectively and clearly express his ideas, and then have Mr Fridman summarize in layman's terms which helped me follow along in this information dense discussion.
Lex Fridman, you're the original all American boy. Respectful, open-minded, polite, seeking for the truth by listening to all sides of the argument. So far removed from the narrow-minded, close-minded Americans we're seeing today. What happened? We need more folk like Lex.
Yet he’s Russian
Graham you are one of my favorite explorers keep up the investigation as much of our history reflects a status quo.
Yay! Thank you for hosting Graham! ❤
Lex and Graham both have such a wonderful cadence
The way you explained this made it so easy to understand. 🧠
NOW we are podcasting! ❤
NOW thats what I call self delusion.
What a treat. Thank you Lex, you're the best.
This interview has been a joy to watch. Possibly the best overview of Graham Hancocks theories and hypotheses. I am going to watch this again. Thank you Lex. I hadn’t heard of you before. You have a new subscriber. 🙏
I absolutely love listening to Graham's stories. Thanks for having him on the show!
As an Illustrator the idea that consciousness itself could have been the drive for life to appear, will inspire me in untold ways. Thankyou for having this beautiful conversation. ❤
History is so fascinating. Great show, Lex!
That's not history, that are fairy tales.
There is a difference.
Yes, both can be fascinating and entertaining - but you should never confuse them with each other.
This isn’t history. Pick up a book, listen to Dan Carlin, don’t listen to this idiot
@@wedgeantilles8575 A fairy tale is imagining your education past forward chaining.🤔
@wedgeantilles8575 his hypothesis reeks of the noble savage myths
I am so thankful for this conversation! It's unbelievable great !
Thanks for inviting him Lex😍😍😍