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by Alexander Light
HumansAreFree.com
Abby Martin interviews author and philosopher, Graham Hancock, about the mysteries of ancient civilization, hidden societies from the past, censorship by TED Talks and the difficulty in getting these ideas accepted by mainstream archaeologists and historians.
“Science has often resisted new ideas and fought bitterly to prevent them coming on board.” – Graham Hancock
Abby Martin: Graham, what's a more modern day example of a theory once considered outrageous, that turned out to be factually supported by evidence?
Graham Hancock: For example, the continental drift [theory], which everybody is familiar with today and which we regard as a fact. (…)
When Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of plates tectonic continental drift back in the early 1900's (…) he was ridiculed, humiliated, accused of being a madman, the idea was seen to be patently absurd and another 30 years past before the idea was accepted, and of course, we all regard it as plain fact and obvious.
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