Is An Ancient Civilization Sunk Below the Azores?

[@RareEarthSeries]

Alms to the cult of Rare Earth: www.patreon.com/rareearth ko-fi.com/rareearth

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

You should do a Collab with atún shei he made a video about Ignatius Donnelly and Atlantis and this pseudo science crap he also made one about n4zis and crackpot archeology

[@LawIV]

Release a version of this video that's only 0:06 long, that cuts to black

[@daviddavison5113]

@@franciscoacevedo3036 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eISXapp5iN-UrJI link to atun shei video. I was going to say the same as you until I saw your comment.

[@hamstarr100]

the idea of the ubermensch has legs, small groups of men have defied the odds over and over again eg sparta, venice, Rome, Jews overcoming larger enemies

[@rodrigopazin]

Thank you so much. I am beginning my grad. paper on pseudoscience (+ effects on law and policy making) and this video seems like it will help me a great deal. Do you have any bibliography/reading to recommend?

[@katethegoat7507]

I propose a reverse Atlantis myth: A city once prospered in a valley, till -whoosh! a mountain suddenly appeared under it. Some say the city is still in orbit.

[@vee1267]

An entire city got the JoJo-Kars treatment. I love it lmao

[@1sdani]

That city was named Shandora.

[@dopaminecloud]

I'm pretty sure that happened in final fantasy 3

[@merrittanimation7721]

The poor Atlanteans were threatened by the evil Athens and their supposed political purity.

[@normanclatcher]

Avengers, Age of Ultron.

[@twelvetoes-e9n]

This is for real my new favorite You Tube channel.

[@robdavies82]

When I went there in 2018, there’s a 3D model of the islands located in a glass display at Ponta Delgada airport to show how they look with all the water removed. There’s also a hire car company there called Atlantis

[@fingersm]

The was an "atlantis" taxi company in Toronto once upon

[@madxico]

@@fingersm So that shows it was indeed in Canada! :D that´s the spirit!

[@BigPoppaSmokes]

@@fingersmhere in Reno we have a hotel called Atlantis

[@GizzyDillespee]

Uber will defeat THOSE Atlanteans. The REAL Atlantis pleasure palace is in the Bahamas! Don't forget to hit the slots on your way to the pai gao tables

[@SamBs]

Without disagreeing with the point of the video, we should also recognize that what we know and believe our academic knowledge currently demonstrates, does not mean it is a permanent absolute, especially when it comes to history. As an example, we can look at Troy. Although Homer's story was known and read for hundreds+ of years, it was believed to be entirely mythical and academically we believed that it was certain that Troy had never existed. Yet, due to human persistence and curiosity we now know that Troy, as a settlement/city, did in fact exist. Although the Trojan war/Greek attacks on the city cannot be proven and were once believed to be entirely false, we now know that at least the city did in fact exist. That is why, although we should not believe every single aspect of the historical accounts and modern revisions of Altantis, we should most likely remain open and curious about whether or not a place known as Atlantis ever existed. In the video you seem to ridicule the idea of Atlantis by explaining parts of its creation/origin myth, yet many of the cities we know and live in have comparatively ridiculous creation myths (I.E. Rome, Athens).

[@Christian-lh7ux]

Like everytime, the truth lies somewhere between. I think the moral of the story is like you said. Keep open minded! But if we had learned something from the past than that we are probably wrong if we think that what we now know is absolute.

[@Markum1972]

Yeah. Doesn't make any sense at all. Many myths are set in real places. It's like saying the North Pole doesn't exist because Santa is not real. lol

[@dalstein3708]

So... Plato came up with this Atlantis story because he wanted to Make Athens Great Again, as it were?

[@_loser_on_line_]

Damn... Echoes from the past became barbarians of the future.

[@sosukelele]

Something about the more things change the more they stay the same

[@HeWhoShams]

@@_loser_on_line_ I see where you stand. Never understood why people think ANY form of Nationalism is a terrible thing. Why would we, as citizens, not want a leader that truly wants their country to be the best it can be? They claim it's got ties to that of the German party of the 1930-1940s but that's just a copout.

[@theoriesbanana]

@@HeWhoShams was not expecting a "not all natonalists" guy in the comments of rare earth. I dont think youre the target audience here man

[@ericcloud1023]

Lol exactly it was literally just some guys Fan-fiction of how super cool and awesome his city was....and those Egyptians, Babylonian & Persians better show some respect. Literally caries as much weight historically as the story of Hercules

Evan. As a christian who has faced the fact that his God exists because he need it to be so (call it spiritual clutches if you want, sometimes i need them, I just try not to force anybody to use them), and a uruguayan (thank you for your series on my country, I would loved if you visited further north) I want to thank you. Your work often helps me question my own beliefs. Plus I learn a lot from it. Thank you.

[@ryanwilson8323]

If only all Christians where like you I think atheists could put down the pitchforks❤

@@ryanwilson8323 well, I think that most of that feeling comes from the fact that we all want to be "right", to be special, and shout it out. Funny enough, one of the most profound lessons I learned studying the bible was that whenever one thinks is right, then it's probably wrong (meaning that we can never fully understand the divine will), but too often I found people absolutely sure about their own interpretation. Of course that means I'm also "not right"

[@johnny_my_penls_is_small_but]

@ Argentinian here (Hola!). I myself don't believe in the Christian God (or any gods for that matter), but the way you worded your explanation on why you believe on God was really explanatory. It's true that a lot of people just want to spite each other or achieve some sort of superiority over religion (and politics!), but if everyone respected the opinions and beliefs of others as you do I believe this would be a much better world.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@@ryanwilson8323 Which atheists? What pitchforks? Atheists care nothing about religion or your "belief"! Just don't attempt to foist or force your "belief" off on those who don't want it.

[@ryanwilson8323]

@@rickkwitkoski1976 religion is like a penis, it’s cool to have one, you can play with it all you like in your house, but please don’t show it in public. I guess science is now in the same boat. Happy new year to you.

[@NickDoddTV]

The best storytelling on KZbin hands down. Please don't ever stop!

[@NickDoddTV]

@@MuffJohnson he does research and tells good stories, IQ has nothing to do with it. He's very open about the fact he isn't always 100% accurate

[@NickDoddTV]

@@MuffJohnson ur so cool man. I'm so dumb

[@Wallach_a]

Agees

[@buggerall]

Yup, he's the god of storytelling... Oops.

[@rubenskiii]

There might be an explanation to where Plato got his Atlantis story from: A lot of ancient stories and myth have roots that go deep far back in time, oral mythicalised, altered, half-forgotten and half-made-up tellings of core stories people would have told eachother for generations. It’s not a coincidence some of the most well-known stories are proven to be quite unceremoniously copied from older people’s stories. Think of the Biblical Flood Story being basically a rip-off of The Telling of Uta-Napishti(ark story) and parts of the Illiad and Oddysee having parts that are remarkably similar to the Epic of Gilgamesh. People always love a good story. And some stories are so good they never died. They get adopted, incorporated, copied but just slightly altered to feature “their own” people instead of “their people”. Such are humans. In Plato’s day the story of “Atlantis” probably was as ancient to him as a copper adze might be to us. “Evidence” for this can be found in how Plato treats the story: it’s a verhicle to further his own story, political influence and financial well-being probably. He uses the story in such a way that it might tell us that it was a well-understood story, hence why he could almost use it in metaphoric way. But what do i base _my_ hypothesis or better said, wild guess on? Back in the ice age a lot of land was dry, more than there is now. All the water being stored in iceform did a number on global sealevels. People lived on the land that is now sea. Hell, even to this day fisherman in my country(the Netherlands) find bones of animals mostly but also human remains in such abundance that at some point it was considered almost as waste. Dead weight in every sense that you had to bring to shore but couldn’t eat. Throwing it back would mean giving yourself the same headache later. Nowadays ofcourse it’s much more important because of science but it’s still there on the seafloor that was once land in such abundance that if you would ask some fishermen nicely they would give you a stone tool. That’s how i got one. That ended at one point, quite rapidly from what archeological evidence for example can tell us. This must have left an impression on the people. The impacts where felt wide and affar, it helps to realize that before this event the Mediterranean wasn’t connected to the ocean. The melting ice did that, not so gentle according to people who know geology better than i do. That must have left a deep, deep mark. And what verhicles of remembrance and respect did people have then? Oral tradition. Thus i think this created stories based on a deep, deep rooted fear for land that you where born on, lived on, hunted on and expected to die on quite suddenly disappearing under the waves. An intense, almost primal story that lived on and on, even when memories faded and it became oral history, then myth, then legend and at last, history. If anyone read all of this i am genuinely surprised and impressed, because this comment must be longer than Even’s script and probably made a lot less sense too. Obvious caviat: i am in no way trying to prove that _well akshually_ Atlantis is real. No, i am just trying to give people something to think about, about why the stories of sunken cities and world ending floods stay with us so well. I mean, i am Dutch. We quite litteraly made it our thing to tame Posseidon. But yet these stories live, even here. Sometimes those faults in the software are wonderful, showing that we are indeed humans and not purely logical meat computers. There must be a maximum amount of words a KZbin comment is allowed to have but still haven’t found. But i have said enough. Enjoy your day all, kind greetings.

[@lt.kettch4652]

There are a lot of “tribal myths” that can be attributed to the end of the younger dryas period of time, similarly to what you are saying.

[@sciptick]

Today we know that the flood myths originate well _before_ the seas began rising some 20,000 years ago. But between ~20,000 and ~13,000 years ago, they did rise 40 meters, and then between ~13,000 and ~8000 another 80 meters, drowning Doggerland in the North Sea, an unnamed land south and west of the old Indus River civilization, the Persian Gulf downstream from Mesopotamia, what we call Sahul between New Guinea and Australia, and Sundaland now under the South China and Java Seas, and the sea off China from Korea all the way to Viet Nam. Australians still maintain careful oral records of conflicts when people were forced inland from Sahul. But we are now certain of a comet strike ~12,800 years ago over North America that set the whole continent ablaze, starting 30+ genera of megafauna toward extinction. That fire's smoke is locked unmistakeably in Antarctic ice. We may never know whether the strike caused the 1200-year Younger Dryas cold spell, or if it was an unlucky coincidence. Cataclysmic flooding in eastern Washington State and in the Altai region of Asia, emptying tens of cubic km of water in a matter of days, might coincide with the strike, or might not.

[@Costa_Conn]

@@sciptick A publication by Marlon et al PNAS (2009) "Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America", found no evidence for a single catastrophic fire event. Instead charcoal analysis (n =35, all across the US), from a 2,000 yr span, suggested an increase in wildfire due to global warming.

[@wendyweedwhacker]

I think you would appreciate the channel Archaix. A wealth of chronological and mythological information with citations.

[@pbohearn]

Ha! I loved it, and I read every word!

[@psykosmach6132]

That episode trully enphasize what I love about that channel! Thanks for your hard work!

[@WalterOtterly]

If Futurama holds true, the lost city of Atlanta will be talked about in a 1,000 years.

[@chrisvaiuso6010]

Another great video. Was all that beautiful B-roll of green hills and waterfalls from the Azores?

[@RareEarthSeries]

Yes, it's all Azorean

[@OsirusHandle]

Answering the title immediately gives me so much respect for you. Clickbait is silly but somewhat necessary but misleading people is just wrong. For humanities sake, keep up the amazing content!

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

Reminds me of a clickbaity title of Veritasium where the thumbnail itself showed the answer :-D

[@ebrem557]

Out of all the languages Evan could talk, he chose to speak void.

[@fobbie8385]

All the videos you make are great. This is the one channel I share the videos from with my family because both my mom and my sister find them super interesting. Your way of explaining ideas has really inspired me to be more poetic with my language rather than saying things in a very plain way. I've sent your videos as in-class viewing materials to professors and I think they're a great style of documentary. I look forward to every new release!

[@kaysb80]

As someone from a cold country, I appreciate how cold it must have been standing there in the snow with those shoes! Dedication!

[@DanielVanDyck]

There's something about your story telling that is so compelling. Please never stop

[@ThomasWhitakerFTW]

If Atlantis isn't real, how could they have put a Stargate there!?!? I loved the video, thanks for sharing with us!

[@merrittanimation7721]

Checkmate scientists! Stargate is the only indication of veracity I need.

[@goodluck5642]

That was faked like the moonlanding

[@pilote111]

what a great series

[@BrandanLee]

Johnnnn Shepparrrrrd

[@mariakelly90210]

I thought that the 2 Stargates on earth are located inside Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado USA and someplace on Antarctica.

[@eriksonyw]

The myth of Atlantis does sell indeed. Congratulations pal. Your vid has exceeded 100k view, actually 143k to be roughly exact.

[@SephOgreThe3rd]

I forgot who said it but your statement about utopias reminded me of this: "One person's utopia is another's hell." It helps to put idealization into perspective.

[@DiMono]

I've always viewed Plato's story of Atlantis as a thought experiment. I suspected the "perfect concentric rings" design was intended to be a clue to such. What's always bugged me about people talking unironically about "finding Atlantis" is that they're talking about finding a place that Plato invented out of whole cloth, and if they'd just do ten seconds of research they'd realize that, but they never do because the truth is inconvenient to their narrative. It's unfortunate.

[@DiMono]

@@groundcontrol-888 Literally any literary source. Even Wikipedia knows, with the very first sentence beginning "Atlantis is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis)

[@thomastoscano3152]

I watched 5 of your videos in a row and time flew so fast! It's way more than cool stories or interesting places. Your storytelling is amazing, one I wish to achieve one day, as I myself aspire to write about our world in an non obvious way, in an artistic way, as you do. Thank you for inspiring me to keep going. Your videos made my day!

[@beatrizscatolin5201]

this is so sweet! I felt the same, Thomas!

[@Aqoric]

Another amazing video Evan! You consistently make some of the most insightful videos, I love your individual stories but these grander scale videos are simply unparalleled in their poetry and pertinence. The world is terrifying, the stories we make provide some solace in that especially in an age of refinement to a core set of truths but we cannot let them overtake reason and logic despite the uncomfortable nature of the world.

[@PavelYudichev]

You, Sir, are profoundly mammothphobic

[@e1123581321345589144]

Here's my take on Atlantis. I read the works of Plato which mention Atlantis and it's quite obvious that he uses it as a supporting story to the point he was making. I think he based it on a real historical event, namely the invasion of the sea people from the west, during the bronze age collapse. During this time, all ancient civilizations in the mediteranian perished, with the exception of Egypt. The Egyptian were the only ones who defeated the sea peoples in history, but I think Plato just substituted them with Athens. Now from the invasion of the sea peoples to the life of Plato several centuries had passed. It's quite possible that the version of the story Plato heard was already embelished. After all, during these times very little was actually written and stories were passed on mostly by oral transmission.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

The problem with that is "there was a city that got conquered" isn't enough of a grain of truth to be meaningful. That could apply to any time and place in history. Nobody feels the need to claim that 1984 is a literally true story, so I have no idea why Atlantis needs to be real.

[@e1123581321345589144]

@@PlatinumAltaria it doesn't need to be real m8. I'm just analyzing the origin of the story. Nobody knows where the sea people came from, and as for the name "Atlantis", well that's clearly Greek, so most likely Plato came up it himself.

[@merrittanimation7721]

​@@e1123581321345589144 The issue isn't "was Atlantis real or not" the issue is we don't have enough evidence to suggest what inspired Plato in particular. The story of the Sea Peoples is similar to Critias's tale, yes, but so is Thera. And more contemporary events like the Persian Wars, the destruction of Helike, or even Athens own failed invasion of Sicily (One of the speakers, Hemocrates, was even integral to the last one). Was Plato inspired by those or merely making a parallel? We can't know for certain. But the point is there's no way of knowing what inspired Plato in particular.

[@kevinkeegan4817]

@@merrittanimation7721 Check out the channel Bright Insight. Jimmy does thorough job of making the case that Atlantis was located at the Richat structure in Africa.

[@colewintringham5609]

@@e1123581321345589144 Also it should be recognized that Plato was an excellent writer who used his tales to critique the society around him. Perhaps having Atlantis be this unconfirmable thing was simply to add plausible deniability? After all he wasn't critiquing "Athens" or any other Greek city but "Atlantis" - any similarities between Atlantean society and Greek society are "clearly coincidental" . Like how any similarities between the islands in Gulliver's Travels and the European powers were "coincidental".

[@LoveFromAzores]

Hi From Azores ❤️ 🇵🇹

[@norlockv]

A belated Christmas gift from Evan and Co. This is one of your best monologues.

[@TheDeadlyDan]

My own rule around rabbit holes; If you do go in, but don't see rabbits . . . you're not in a rabbit hole. When mythology becomes Mythology, it's intent is to remember. The myths we're creating right now will never convey what actually happened, despite our best efforts. As a species, we're very much prone to mold that memory into our social structure to convey our story instead. After even one molding, the original memory is gone. Fully 3/4 of the planet firmly believes some magic fairy or another from some other realm sits on their shoulder and guides them through life. And we fully accept each and every one of those religions. We don't ridicule them, despite them having changed those 'beliefs' over the same time to reflect their own time, ethics, and interactions. None of our legends, myths, or parables remain true to the original. It's how people work. Plato did the very same thing Hancock and Carlson are doing - taking mythology and altering it to fit his message. More than likely, the Egyptians also molded whatever they understood as the myth into their own cultural parables. The worst issue around Atlantis is that you DO see a few rabbits in the Plato Dialogues. Mythology is based in forgotten events and altered through time, but tidbits can remain. It's most helpful to stop thinking of ice age humans as cave men. None of the three or four species of human around at the time really lived in caves. Most of the remains found in cave environments have been left there after animals gnawed the last of the gristle off the bone. That date thing as well. It does seem strange that it points directly at Meltwater Pulse 1B, which was 80 or so meters rise in less than a year for most of the globe. Recent excavations off the coast at Atlit show the sudden flooding of communities along the shores of the Mediterranean, which over 9,000 years ago had domesticated crops and animals integrated into a fully modern city. People have always lived along the coasts, and we've always lived in communities, villages, and towns and we've always traded with far off groups of similar communities. For tens of thousands of years. What constitutes a civilization? We've always had the same civilization, it's just our level of technology that ebbs and flows.

[@TheCookieCrisp]

This was phenomenal. The word structure and plot points are some of the best writing I've through thousands of films and across my many years of college. Well done.

[@ponyote]

Can i just say how much I love your sense of humor? It's very clear to me that you and your father share that. And I'm here for that.

[@sneakyninja2773]

One of the best videos I've ever seen. Your writing is exceptional! I loved hearing your viewpoint, absolutely exceptional!

[@calistman222]

I love your work. Sometimes you seem to stray off into leaps of logic however I love your presentation and I find your conclusions intriguing (even if I do not always agree).

[@Americanbadashh]

I think the definition of science being used here is unhelpful and contradictory to the common definition of the word. Science can say how likely something is, but it is not in the business of saying, Yes or No. Just what is more or less likely, based on the data available

[@shApYT]

Great video. Please make more of these videos on bigger stories like these.

[@loulagregg8468]

Despite your stating that science can only disprove, science CAN prove and explain what is being investigated. Life rarely gives us polar opposites to confront. And, while time passes information is discovered that shows multifaceted explanations for discoveries, often long after a discovery sinks from fickle public interest.

[@RareEarthSeries]

According to the scientific method, you cannot provide positive proof but rather a lack of negative proof. You cannot prove, but only disprove.

[@thomasmrkeby6488]

There are so many places that somehow seem connected and since it is hard to date rock, they remain undated. Then again the environment tells a tale, placement, context, known history and also some of the rocks themself seems to be molded and made as a geopolymer. And I hardly think Hancock has spearheaded this, this has a long story with many people from independant to nonindependant researchers.

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

Every time it seems to come down to people lying for one reason or another (usually for personal gain) about something that originally may have existed at some time. There may have been a kingdom that sank below the sea, everything else is however much more unlikely.

[@Miycu]

There are multiple sunken cities in the med alone. It's one of the things that helps make sure it's atlantis that endures and not some other myth.

[@nathnathn]

Like one of candidates “can’t remember the name” was an actual advanced “for the time” island nation but their island died with a volcanic eruption and honestly if the island/nations gone the next time they show up in that time period they’ll assume it sunk.

[@Emppu_T.]

We're hearing tellings of old spoken stories of things people have seen. There's great stories that have correlations in actual events. Dismissing them outright is a dumb move.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

The most frustrating thing reading these comments is how many people are trying to "make it true" by trying to match parts of the story to real events. Here's a city that got flooded! Here's an ancient culture with some cool architecture! One guy made a story up and thousands of years later we have to debate whether Neverland was a real place. Maybe Peter Pan is Nebuchadnezzar and the fairies were a metaphor for drugs. OR, it's a story. Just a tale.

[@geridannels1701]

Thank you for the upload, it was fantastic!

[@panmornplatforms4191]

Firstly, I have to say I am leery of conspiracy theory people. I like this video and I would be remiss if I didn't say it is thoughtful. I've watched that netflix series done by Hancock and found it thought-provoking, not falling into a mindlessness. I have never cared for the Atlantis story, so I didn't pay much attention to that. However, the new findings in Turkey and other places do suggest that we know next to nothing, as is your assertion, if you are being honest with us. These ancient places being unearthed do represent a problem for modern archaeology and they will need to address them instead of just dismissing all of it out of hand. I noticed you did not address those things in this video, and that seems to be problematic for me. You had a point to make, and to make it you had to try to make others seem like weirdos (and they may be). You intentionally left those parts out about Turkey, etc. I like your channel and will continue to watch your videos, but next time introduce a little more balance instead of focusing on one small part of the "conspiracy theory" community to paint your picture of humans as stupid and blind.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Which archaeology, specifically, do you think dismisses the archaeology that archaeologists found? Seems like you listen to the charlatans about what the science says rather than the scientists.

[@vitruviuscorvin3690]

I was thinking all along that hey that sort of looks like Austria, had a very similar view in Bad Aussee... then in the credits it turns out it's indeed Austria! Willkommen!:) I remember you responded on another comment of mine that you also have family in Hungary (where i'm from) , but it's cool to see that you also got some connections in Austria (where I live). You have quite the central european heritage it seems:) I guess it's a human evolutionariy instinct to recognize these sort of similarities and then letting the others know, but overall i'm just glad you have a perspective on this region too. (And secretly hoping you'll end up making videos about Austria and/or Hungary one day).

[@CaptainCorneliusArgo]

"Facts never got in the way of a good story" - my dad, who also got me into the book: The Baltic Origins of Homer's Epic Tales: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Migration of Myth Which is a good read, and also contains Atlantis. It is way less exciting though (and is just Doggerland). Oh and very good video. I love these.

[@Emppu_T.]

Way i see it truth is stranger than fiction

[@curtstacy779]

As you get older and see the changes in the world you will find myths that become true and truths that become myths. I wouldn't be able to tell anyone which to believe after the changes I have seen.

[@Jhawk_2k]

Incredible. I feel like you made this video for me specifically, it's exactly what I needed to hear right now. I've been noticing the existential crisises that our society is seemingly conquering together right now, slowly

[@LOOMIS1638]

I love your work man! This is one of your best. Thank you.

[@stevejohnson3357]

Evan, like a lot of Rare Earth videos this focuses on the exact problem better than almost anything. We don't ever see our blind spots. We can't know everything and so we fill in the blanks with what we think should be and boy do we stink at that.

[@averageviewer6279]

Love your videos, you got a great almost therapeutic narration voice.

[@johncollins211]

Platos story is most likely made up. But the idea that there were neolithic cities on some islands in the atlantic doesnt seem that crazy.

[@catfeatherss]

This was so beautifully done. Thank you for this delicious food for thought.❤

[@lemurlicker1846]

"But while god might be dead, all corpses feed fungus" What a clever line!

[@redlefevre5448]

Outstanding video, very thought provoking. You're videos are definitely reaching new levels.

[@alexv3357]

"But while God might be dead, every corpse feed fungus, and in his ripe night soil stepped out a new order of believer." That straight up sounds like a quote from George R. R. Martin

[@tamilnadu8545]

Nihilism doesn't explain the human conscience or the curiosity you possess. That which isn't proven by science doesn't innately disprove anything in and of its self. It just means we don't know, yet. Thus no person can prove or deny that which science has yet to quantify into a measurable phenomena and/or demonstrate in a repeatable process/experiment. I'm not saying Atlantis does exist or doesn't. I am however, suggesting nihilism, science, and materialism do not account for the inherent nature of the individual, which tends to attribute greater meaning to happenings and knowledge than just the mechanics behind their construction or occurrence, respectively. Knowing how something works will not answer the question of why it exists at all as such. I hope you find redemption from the existential trap of nihilism and similiar skeptic philosophy. It's only one side of the spectrum of intellect. Knowing how things operate or happenings occur distracts us from the awe inspiring wonder of existence. We have let trivial explanations of mechanics blind us to the inherent joy and wonder we enter this world with as children. Somehow, we all have a sense that there's just gotta to be more to all this, right? It's not a feeling that can be explained away by the intellect. Although we try to at times.

[@kotgc7987]

If Evan writes his own material, it is very nicely written, almost poetical. He may be a poet, even if he doesn't know it :-) Moooaaarrrr!!!!!

[@RareEarthSeries]

I do. thanks!

[@xltoffroadbear]

I have to admit I love Ancient Aliens and stories of Atlantis, but never "believed" any of it. But what a refreshing video this is! The irony is I watch so many Rogan and Hancock videos on KZbin for entertainment. Great palate cleanse here!

[@lazyafrandomnumbers]

Damn it, a rare earth video I didnt like or agree with, this is a first.

[@Otawee]

U are such a story teller man. It's really relaxing to watch. keep it up!

[@ez45]

Holy shit, this is the best superficial historical overview into esotericism and conspiracism (and their links to the far right) I have ever seen, and I wrote my thesis on the topic!

[@RareEarthSeries]

Thanks!

[@ez45]

​​@@RareEarthSeries comes from the heart. And the way you're able to put it all into a human perspective, a narrative.. what I am saying is you are pretty good at what you are doing, keep doing it.

[@Emppu_T.]

@@ez45 a well chewed out product that leaves with nothing to think about. Hope you got a great score on your thesis!

[@usbxg3474]

Man, you are gooood! Thumbs up and thanks for the upload!

[@thesleepinggirl]

It's a shame Socrates/Plato's hot takes on Atlantis weren't looked into during Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

[@lidu6363]

I love your end notes a great amount.

[@RaggaDruida]

As somebody with a big fascination for ancient history and mythology, and whose father had a weird fascination with blavatsky, aliens, etc... This video needs to be seen by as many people as possible...

[@henningklaveness7082]

Thank you for making this even though you didn't want to, it was a captivating take on idea history and religion. Did you read Arthur Koestler's *Sleepwalkers*? Until the credits I was sure you were in Norway. I like how the descending cloud layer marked the passage of time as you spoke.

[@OortCloudObject]

Very well said. Especially the bit about echoes from the void, gave me shivers.

[@thekotska]

You’re a fantastic story teller. Keep up the great work

[@LawIV]

Thank you. I have always wanted someone to make a video titled like this and just say no in the first 5 seconds. I'll be back to watch the 21:29 later

[@thomaschapple4749]

Quality always beats quantity. Rare Earth is one of the marvels of the Internet.

[@lynettecarter9887]

Yet again you have slammed it home 💯 well done my friend 😉❤️

[@lynettecarter9887]

Always

[@raihanjewel]

This is certainly one of the best episodes from Rare Earth!

[@BoxheadHakx]

Evan you have another masterpiece. Your realism, or "skepticism" as Randal would call it, is appreciated.

[@nicknolty3784]

love this channel !!

[@GuagoFruit]

I never knew Plato was such a big "source: bro trust me" kind of guy.

[@RareEarthSeries]

in Ancient Greece historians sometimes cited their own dreams as a source

[@excellent_name]

@@RareEarthSeries Plato and Solon didn't

[@RareEarthSeries]

Plato, the guy who literally invented the concept of the noble lie, never lied for noble reasons? Lol ok

[@carolineleonard8214]

Fanblyditastic. Thoughtful and an excellent monologue. Your writing is superb. I'm now going to investigate the rest of your posts. BTW there were soo many points where I was nodding in agreement, having read Plato, that I cannot remember where I found points for discussion. Also if anyone gets the chance the Azores are a great place to visit and welcoming, warm, generous people. Even when it pouring with rain I received metaphorical open arms and a smile.

[@erikreddington461]

You're being somewhat disingenuous too ya know, we did find human occupied land east of england underwater. Huge area. I get your point still no evidence of atlantis but it's more than manipulation. Some creators aren't charlatans but looking for truth only misguided.

[@erikreddington461]

And bro I still dig your shit. Thanks

[@citizenjim8727]

i love this guy!

[@KnightToD5]

Excellent content. Unrated channel

[@mariokotlar303]

14:23 "It's just that with plate tectonics now as common in the average mind as psychedelic drugs," that line was legit poetry

[@hagnat]

4:04 this clip caught my attention more than what you were explaining which keywords did you use to find these early 20th century greek soldiers marching ?

[@maccie8284]

Actually, from a universe point of view, we already live in Utopia. Its that we just don't appreciate it - and are blind to recognize what was given to us.

[@slowerlifeonpurpose]

Educational. Also, I found it like poetry. Beauty ful show. I'm now a subscriber.

[@dzrtdwlr7891]

Reality and Science is always more fascinating than Any conspiracy. Thanks for the straight talk.

[@DasIllu]

I don't know what year ye-ha you live in. But imma give you a virtual Hug. you deserve it. You are so unbearably good that i get anxiety for not watching your videos the day you publish. But it make me happy to know that you are critical, always self conscious and never shy to to dump onto yourself.

[@scpatl4now]

Love the quick Mr. Peabody and Sherman appearance (most of you have no idea what I am talking about...age has it's benefits)

[@norlockv]

Did they show that one in Canada? I believe Dudley Doright was censored.

[@xerzy]

I mean, there was the 2014 movie, so it shouldn't be *that* hard to remember...

[@scpatl4now]

@@xerzy I was thinking more Bullwinkle...did not even know there was a 2014 movie. Age also has it's liabilities

[@scpatl4now]

@@norlockv Did they have Bullwinkle?

[@xerzy]

@@scpatl4now Funny thing, when I was a very young child I also got to see the 2000 movie of Rocky and Bullwinkle, although that one _probably_ is far more obscure these days... (oh and there's also the Prime Video show but nobody watched that one)

[@adoptedjesus133]

welcome back guys. amazing as always. wish you the best.

[@MrSixthcircle]

science can definitely tell you yes. the LHC said yes they were right that the higgs boson exists. amazing vid as always, cheers mate.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Technically that's not true. What the scientific method actually says is that the Higgs boson 'doesn't not' exist. It can't affirm a positive, as there is always further room for a negative.

[@trashpandapi9905]

I watch your videos and the way you deliver the information reminds me of science shows of the late 90s-2000s. I've enjoyed every video I've seen. I enjoy Randall Carlson and Graham Handcock,but for different reasons than I watch your stuff, they are science what if's and you are science-history facts. They are fun, they make people talk,and make people in whatever field they are insulting put them I'm their place. It's all good fun.

[@Jellybizzy]

weird vibes on this vid...

[@asianpansit]

i like the "but they didn’t" part. as always awesome video ^_^ happy new year 🎉

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

I believe Atlantis existed: just not the way people say; I believe that the Minoans were the Atlantians, and the story is loosely based on the eruption of Santorini at Thera. Tsunamis wiped out the Minoan cities that weren’t killed by the initial blast. The civilization was finished off by opportunistic states that took advantage of the greatly weakened Minoa. There are many parallels between the Minoans and Crete/Thera and Atlantis. Of course, Plato wouldn’t have had access to any first-hand accounts, as he lived long after the Minoans were gone. So I believe that he had heard legends of a civilization wiped out by the sea that had been passed down for generations, becoming a little more fantastical each time it was told.

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes a myth is just a myth.

[@JohnUnit]

This may be your best piece of writing. It won't get huge views, but it's amazing.

[@JoycenatorGaming]

I think the worst thing about Carlson and Hancock is that there’s legitimate interesting stuff that happened around 10,000 years ago and it’s absolutely fascinating (even the space object might have been real, we found one in Greenland recently that’s super cool), but they tarnish so much of it to the public with their drivel and lies. It’s so irritating as someone who loves actually studying that time period

[@RareEarthSeries]

I am not sure what you mean by 'space object', but otherwise agree. It is a shame he makes actual study of our ancestors into a clown show for the wannabe religious.

[@JoycenatorGaming]

@@RareEarthSeries as memory serves it was an asteroid, but I didn’t have any of my sources handy to say definitively it wasn’t something else. Checked again today and it was indeed an asteroid that created the Hiawatha impact crater

[@davidmaloney3587]

Humans have been phenotypically “modern” for about 70,000 years since the human genome bottlenecked after the Toba Event. Advanced human civilizations from about 13,000 years ago after the Younger Dryas impact event. The sea levels have risen 400 feet since then.

[@Juan-fy7ul]

I came across one of your videos as a follower of Hancock and found this particular one intriguing. It’s refreshing to hear an alternative viewpoint. In my view, Hancock often revisits numerous ancient mysteries, capitalizing on them, yet it remains fascinating to consider the potential of a global event that erased advanced civilizations from history. As time progresses, we continue to uncover more evidence that offers glimpses into an era far preceding our own. However, the undeniable presence of ancient structures submerged beneath the sea level presents us with enduring questions about their origins, purpose, and the timeline of their existence that we have yet to fully understand.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Which structures, specifically

[@maxl.3459]

Idk Carlson and Hancock made some pretty good arguments. I don't think they're trying to make any concrete claims about Atlantis or anything, they're just trying to find some real life justification for the origins of common myths.

[@RareEarthSeries]

This video is a look into why they're common myths that are being looked into, when you understand what makes them common it changes the perspective of the search

[@maxl.3459]

@Rare Earth I totally agree. I'm sorry I should've clarified. I'm talking about myths like the Great Flood and other cataclysms, not anything like Mu or Lemuria. From what I've gathered of Carlson and Hancock's work, they're just saying that rapid sea level rise erased a lot of archeological evidence of civilizations on the coast. I know they're a little hokey, but a lot of their evidence seemed legit. Idk if I missed some of their other claims that are more outlandish?

[@RareEarthSeries]

If a lot of the evidence seems legit on first listen but isn't when studied scientifically, we call that pseudoscience. They sell a lie, simply put. It's outlandish particularly when you realize the thing they're trying to prove only exists in their minds because of the journey I've described here. The hidden history of why.

[@lindaevans5044]

Plate tectonics was pseudoscience at first. Now it's not. Some people thought the earth was flat, some didn't. If people would open their minds a bit - not to avidly devour every theory as a new gospel, but to hold things open for consideration - maybe the ground would be less fallow for conspiracy theories and facts would be allowed to come forth sooner.@@RareEarthSeries

[@Mrnevertalks]

I just noticed, when the heck did you hit one mil subs? Congrats man!

[@danunpronounceable8559]

I think Graham Hancock's series ask interesting questions regarding how many megalithic structures have strong correlations to astronomy, and the reasons why this may be

[@charliemopps4926]

"Not that I'm one to talk..." You, my friend, are awesome. If we met irl I'm fairly certain we'd be great friends. Keep making videos!

[@CarthagoMike]

Amazing mini-documentary as always!

[@Zanthorr]

Hey bro, what if the Atlantis myth was based off a real lost civilization? Rare Earth- "You're a nazi!"

[@RareEarthSeries]

"hey bro, what if the reason you even know the term atlantis at all was because it was an invention of nazi-era race mythology"

[@pengumpkin7993]

@@RareEarthSeries Why does it even matter how it was originally popularized? It is very clear that the idea of Atlantis and the modern ideas surrounding it have long since departed and diverged from nazi-era race mythology or anything similar to it.

[@Zanthorr]

@@RareEarthSeries Yeah I had no idea it was related to nazi's or anything like that. Honestly- you would make a waaay better docuseries than Hancock. Talking about cutting stone with sound waves lmao

[@RareEarthSeries]

Because the reason you're out on a search is that a person 150 years ago said you'd find racism in the forest. Now you're asking why you can't just search in the forest without it being connected to the people who sent you out searching. You can't remove a branch from the root. It only started branching because of that root. Being ignorant of why you're discussing something doesn't mean history didn't happen. It departed from the root in public terms, but by upholding this specific island under these specific circumstances you're unknowingly repeating exactly the thing they set you out to believe.

[@mumboslick89]

@@RareEarthSeries You honestly sound schizophrenic.