The lost empire of Atlantis
by Gavin Menzies · first published 2011
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I had a similar experience reading Gavin Menzies' 1421 / 1434 / The Lost Empire of Atlantis.
on “Michael Lewis: The Scourge of Wall Street” ↗…Discovered The New World. I read it, found it all very plausible and interesting. I read Gavin Menzies next book, 1434, found it equally interesting and compelling. Then I read his third book, The Lost Empire of Atlantis, and found it just as plausible as his first book. Except the prior plausibility in my head of a Minoan civilization maintaining global trade was way, way lower, and so I didn't just accept it as uncritically…
on “Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesis to the test” ↗My introduction to this were the excellent books 1421, 1434, and of course, the author's third book, The Lost Empire of Atlantis, which I found every bit as convincing as the first two and really drove home how credulous I'd been when reading them.
on “Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?” ↗…read Gavin Menzies next book, 1434, found it equally interesting and compelling." As a trained STEM Scientist, I found this book utterly nonsense and non-scientific. "Then I read his third book, The Lost Empire of Atlantis, and found it just as plausible as his first book." For me this is not very promising. "As plausible as his first book"
on “Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesis to the test” ↗