John Hoopes

@ImigDerek The “cutting edge” ideas of Charles Brasseur, Augustus Le Plongeon, and Ignatius Donnelly about Atlantis, Egypt, and the Mayas was used, cited, and disseminated by Helena Blavatsky in “The Secret Doctrine” (1888), read by members of the Theosophical Society.

John Hoopes

@RealArSokol @Graham__Hancock In 1976, Zecharia Sitchin published “The 12th Planet,” popularizing his own quirky theories about the rogue planet Nibiru and ancient aliens called Annunaki enslaving humans to mine gold. He was also a crackpot. https://t.co/RMcF4YFPtT

John Hoopes

@JasonColavito “… Ehrenreich sees the dark roots of positive thinking emerging from 19th-century religious movements. Mary Baker Eddy, William James and Norman Vincent Peale paved the path for today's secular $9.6 billion self-improvement industry and positive psychology institutes.”

John Hoopes

@JamesColeArch @ChrisStringer65 @haleysweiss @SciReports @yellowjackets96 It’s odd that the story doesn’t mention Piers Paul Read’s excellent bestselling book, which was an obvious inspiration. Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors https://t.co/7VDPv4Eacw

John Hoopes

As a white person, I found this book to be really helpful. However, I’ve noticed there is also a similar phenomenon: UFO fragility. Some people are too emotionally invested in UFOs. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism https://t.co/3QEeS0bETy

John Hoopes

@MarkBoslough The “ancient aliens” meme owes a lot to science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, whose 1953 novel “Childhood’s End” inspired Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” in which a black monolith helps australopithecines to use bones as tools. https://t.co/geBKbSHjSg

John Hoopes

In 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a book titled “The Coming of the Fairies” that was based on his interpretation of these photos as authentic images of fairies. A century later, AI-generated images may put us in a similar spot. Viewer beware! https://t.co/R4JtgXGnim

John Hoopes

This recent book by the late anthropologist David Graeber and archaeologist David Wengrow has lots of issues, but it’s still much better than any of the crap Graham Hancock publishes. #AncientApocalypse The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity https://t.co/uPy8X1RdME

John Hoopes

@WhistleTip_Boys @TheAlienCon @Graham__Hancock @joerogan In his reporting on “The Lost City of the Monkey God,” Douglas Preston did a huge disservice by not discussing lots of prior research. He did this to make the discoveries sound more significant than they were. They were important, but need to be understood in context.

John Hoopes

@DUAncientAliens @Rimavincus The Mayas, the source of their history. Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, his account of discoveries https://t.co/VRAESVjKJs