Mike Collins
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465 appearances
9 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 17 Jun
Mike Collins’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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that either way it's a win you're doing more research and so you're gathering more data on a site to either determine that it was an ancient site or not and if it's not you've still gathered a bunch of valuable information on a really unique geological feature right so it's a win-win so you know um Yeah, I've never quite understood the outright dismissal of things and not exploring.
But it's like we talked about a little bit about last night. I mean, ultimately, what are you boiling down these arguments to? It's really an argument of free speech, being able to speak your mind freely, publicly, have a platform and say what you think and feel.
it's not really about who's right or wrong because I mean, they're, they're basically saying that people should be quiet about stuff like this or not. We're like, you know what, the science is settled. And, uh, I think there's just a fundamental disagreement there, um, between the two schools of thought with, you know, all that's kind of going on, at least on social media between, um,
creators and explorers and then the archaeological community um let's try to think of a different word than alternative history there
And that side seems to have a real fear of being wrong about anything, which is, in my opinion, completely anti-science. Whereas the other side, people over here are like, you know, I'll speak for myself, I have no problem being wrong about stuff. I don't, like, isn't that how you're supposed to get to answers?
You try a million things and it's like everything else in life is you just keep trying until you get it right, right? And, or you arrive to an answer, a satisfying answer. But, you know, I don't see it as being wrong. I see it as figuring out one thing that doesn't work or doesn't apply. So you just keep going.
Yeah. Yeah. But they sure give it their best. Yeah, they do. That's true. That's true. I was telling you last night. Yeah. Some of these guys, uh,
probably watch this video uh some they're like my biggest fans they comment on everything these are these are professors at universities that get onto my tweets and videos and leave comments on everything that i do well you got to be blocked by them the main guys i'm sure yeah devil blocked me a while back yeah yeah i don't know um oops is probably blocking me i'm sure Hoops, I don't know.
He has. Oh, he's blocked me? Oh, for sure.
Yeah, there's a lot of energy that these guys are putting in to keep it up. Oh, wow, you've got it. Wait, who?
Amazing. I mean, look, it's this pinned comment. This is his... This is where the energy goes. And it continues on. How about focusing more on like, you know, I don't, I've never, the guys that have these professors and archaeologists that have jumped on my stuff and left comments, I've never responded to any of them. I don't give a shit what they think. Because there's no...
If it doesn't, if any of these guys, if I was able to have a relatively civil conversation and try to figure things out, I'd be open to that. But these guys are dicks. And they intentionally come on to people's platform like my own who've never done anything to them and talk shit. And they're ugly. And some of my buddies are really good at pushing back. I just ignore it.
I just focus on what I'm doing. And it's weird to me that they don't do that.
He'd make his little fists and his sleeves would cover them.
I don't care, man.
Yeah. But. Yeah. I mean, yeah. If any of those guys are watching any of this or watching this video, I see your comments. I just don't respond to them because I don't give a shit. I'm not going to sit around all day every day thinking about other people that disagree with me. I've got a wonderful life. I wake up every day and I'm grateful now for the life that I have. It wasn't always that way.
But I've worked hard to get to a point where I'm doing something that I love and that I'm passionate about. And I've been fortunate enough to make a lot of wonderful friends along the way within this community of people. And I'm very happy for that. So my energy and my time keeps getting more and more limited. So I choose to be very aware of how I spend it and who I give it to.
And I'm certainly not going to give it to you. some dickhead online that's being an asshole. To try to prove something to him that he's, you know, it makes no difference to me. I'm still going back to these places. I'm still going to document this or go here or do that. So I don't factor in any of that to the decisions that I make. But I think more than anything, I kind of feel
I think they're going to miss the boat. I think they're doing more damage to their community than they recognize and realize. Like the impact of a lot of this 10 or 20 years from now will really be felt instead of it just being this argument online now between communities. I mean, they've said it outright. Divils said it out loud that archaeological programs, museums, they're closing communities.
That's unfortunate. But I don't want to go sit and take a class with someone like Flint Dibble. I have no desire to have someone like that teach me, or hoops. So anything that could be shared of value, you know, how's it being presented? Because people have a hard time listening to jerks talk down to them, even if what they're sharing is factually true. And that's how they speak to people.
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