How a Civil War-Era Politician Invented Atlantis

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  @AtunSheiFilms · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Be sure to check out these companion videos to learn more!<br>► History with Cy breaks down the concept of pseudoarchaeology: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Qmi3v7Iaw">https://youtu.be/c2Qmi3v7Iaw</a><br>► World of Antiquity debunks Donnelly&apos;s Atlantis theories: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au3K3zd44Kw">https://youtu.be/Au3K3zd44Kw</a><br><br>By the way, if you like ancient history, Cy&apos;s channel is a goldmine. And if you enjoy listening to a friendly mild-mannered academic BTFO pseudoscientists with evidence and reason, then World of Antiquity is for you.

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  @griffingerrein8831 · 5 years ago

  The reason we can&apos;t find Atlantis is because General Sherman burned it to the ground

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  @RustyShock · 5 years ago

  I read &quot;Atlantis: The Antediluvian World&quot; when I was 13-years-old. &nbsp;It was dumb, dry, and the 13-year-old me was terribly disappointed that it had nothing to do with Aquaman.

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  @mistertwister2000 · 4 years ago

  “It’s too detailed to be a fictional story!”<br><br><b>J.R.R. Tolkien has entered the chat</b>

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  @BoomKing72 · 5 years ago

  Plato claiming Atlantis was real is like the ancient Greek equivalent of &quot;A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. &quot;

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  @nsahandler · 2 years ago

  &quot;It&apos;s too detailed to be fake!&quot;<br>-a man, chained in a cave, making the argument his shadow is a real person.

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  @Robi-Chaud · 5 years ago

  I feel like the people who argue that Atlantis is real because Plato didn&apos;t give a twelve-page disclaimer about it being fiction would just have their minds blown by Utopia

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  @ThatChainmecha · 5 years ago

  Of course Atlantis is real, it&apos;s the capital of Georgia

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  @sirloinofbeef2449 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;ll never forget the day when I thought I made a historical breakthrough when I theorized Atlantis was located in the Atlantic Ocean. I was 10.

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  @shelbypowell9919 · 5 years ago

  As Red from OSP put it: “What if Plato was telling the truth about every detail of Atlantis except where the island was physically located.”

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  @joshuadunford3171 · 5 years ago

  “If Atlantis isn’t real, why did I have a four hour layover at its airport?”

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  @hubguy · 4 years ago (edited)

  &quot;If Atlantis doesn&apos;t exist, why did Plato so thoroughly describe it as if it were real?&quot; Do they really think worldbuilders and good fiction makers only existed recently lol

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