Episode 18 The Hancock v Dibble Debate

Today we decided to do something a little different. Drew and I had both watched The Joe Rogan Experience #2136 with Graham Hancock and Flint Dibble. Since we were both excited to talk about it, we figured, why not make it an episode. And so, that's exactly what this is. After some listener emails and interesting articles, we cover the debate between Flint and Graham. After covering our first impressions, we discuss how Graham's general career strategy of keeping his claims "reasonable" may have actually hurt him in this debate in some ways. We talks about Flint's best points which to us seemed to be his agricultural points including pollen and cereal domestication studies. We eventually cover the drama in the debate between Graham and Flint and our take on it. We spend some time talking about the attitude of Flint and other archeologists. We also cover the part of the debate that focused on Egypt before going off with our general thoughts and hopes for the future. Be sure to watch the debate yourself if you're interested in getting the most out of this episode. We hope you enjoy!

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:42 - Topic Intro

0:07:34 - Listener Emails

0:10:33 - Story: Bitcoin Methane Capture

0:17:58 - Story: Light Detected from Small Planet

0:21:38 - Debate Summary

0:25:00 - Our First Impressions

0:29:53 - Music Break

0:31:19 - Graham's Career Strategy

0:36:05 - Archaeobotanical - Pollen

0:40:36 - Wild vs Domesticated Grasses

0:50:04 - Underwater Archeology

0:59:36 - Music Break

1:01:26 - The Drama

1:16:15 - Archeology's Attitude

1:24:09 - Egypt

1:32:13 - Open Science & Speculation

1:37:58 - Outro