The aliens agree, stop trying to claim that humans can't stack rocks on top of one another!

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Thanks to Dr Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 for joining the #WatchingBrief this lunchtime.

We looked behind the scenes at the experience of the Joe Rogan Experience and at the wider issue of how archaeology talks about pseudo archaeology and about itself.

Video coming soon...

ICYMI: More thoughts on a lost civilization

My reply/thoughts on the JRE event

youtu.be/--StG8FIrE8

New research reveals signs of ancient human habitation in a vast cave beneath the Arabian desert.

As Stewie Stewart + colleagues (@Griffith_Uni) write, it may have been used as a waystation by Stone Age herders travelling from one oasis to another. theconversation.com/first-evidence…

Latin and Greek in Cardiff Castle buff.ly/3UlRzAc

OK we have crossed 10k. I owe everyone a video. Something fun

'Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder.'

— all you need to know about Paleolithic Atlantis fantasies. A The Guardian essay by Flint Dibble 🍖🏺, a real archaeologist, vs. Graham Hancock (who plays one on TV).

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“Climate change is the biggest challenge we face, I hope that this photograph also inspires hope” - Nima Sarikhani

Nice article and good advice for all scientists engaging in outreach, public panels, and debates. I also encourage everyone to watch or listen to the Joe Rogan podcast with Mr. Hancock and Dr. Dibble to see a masterclass in debunking pseudoscientists.

Here’s an argument that scientists should tackle pseudoscience head on: “In a world filled with people sceptical of science, we need to see these opportunities, not as debates but spectacles. We need to speak up strategically & share our expertise in our post-truth world”

“The truth is in the trash” 😍💣❤️

#HistoryChannel should change its name to Pseudohistory Channel.

Shout out to our alumnus Flint Dibble 🍖🏺!!
Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder | Flint Dibble theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nope. AI jargon is not having a conversation with a historical figure.

But guess what? You can have a conversation them

Go read actual Plato and Aristotle. For a fart-filled take on Socrates, read Aristophanes' comedy, The Clouds
Recent translation: johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/aristophanes/c…

Well done Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 ! Off now to buy a hard copy of today’s Observer The Guardian

I’m an archaeologist, heres my take on the debate with Graham Hancock and Flint Dibble 🍖🏺.

The presentation of Flint and Graham having equally valid opinions on archaeological topics is fundamentally flawed.
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Thank you, ⁦Flint Dibble 🍖🏺⁩, this is great stuff. You did more than just wield the facts in debate, you shared our profession with the world with agility and grace. Well done! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

With Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 doing such an excellent job it seems a good moment to repost this - supporting what he says about the dangers of pseudoscience, but also noting the historical complicity of archaeology in opening up these spaces of the imagination..
thenation.com/article/cultur…

Went and got a paper copy of today's The Observer theguardian.com/commentisfree/…