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badarchaeology.wordpress.com
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badarchaeology.wordpress.com is a personal blog at badarchaeology.wordpress.com about history and science. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog's posts to debunk pseudoarchaeology, such as the claimed giant underwater pyramids off Cuba and ancient-aliens theories. No commenter praises or criticises the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /2012/10/28/an-underwater-city-west-of-cuba/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-23
What Hacker News says?
Here is a recent survey of several archaeologists criticisms of ancient aliens theories that highlight their racist underpinnings: https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-r... In order to engage in a proper debate with me about this, I strongly encourage you to read each item mentioned in that article. And if you’re looking for a cop out like “I don’t have time for all this”, at least take a look…
Comment linking /2014/01/12/is-pseudoarchaeology-racist/
on “An Archaeological Space Oddity”This has been bullshit for nearly 12 years, now: http://badarchaeology.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/an-underwater... Get this crap off the front page, please.
Comment linking /2012/10/28/an-underwater-city-west-of-cuba/
on “Giant Pyramids and Sphinxes discovered offcoast Cuba”Why is this on the front page? This nonsense isn't news. http://badarchaeology.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/an-underwater...
Comment linking /2012/10/28/an-underwater-city-west-of-cuba/
on “Giant Pyramids and Sphinxes discovered offcoast Cuba”