Mike Collins
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And, uh, I mean, you've got kids at home on their computers now, you know, finding stuff just by using Google earth and, uh, now with lidar and as that gets easier and easier to do scanning all of the amazon eventually how amazing would that be seen through the trees and the foliage down to the ground and
And, uh, I mean, you've got kids at home on their computers now, you know, finding stuff just by using Google earth and, uh, now with lidar and as that gets easier and easier to do scanning all of the amazon eventually how amazing would that be seen through the trees and the foliage down to the ground and
And I think a lot of that's just as some of this technology becomes more and more available and cheaper and cheaper, people are just going to fund it themselves to just go out there and discover things on their own.
And I think a lot of that's just as some of this technology becomes more and more available and cheaper and cheaper, people are just going to fund it themselves to just go out there and discover things on their own.
And I think a lot of that's just as some of this technology becomes more and more available and cheaper and cheaper, people are just going to fund it themselves to just go out there and discover things on their own.
And we talked about this before, I think, you know, a lot of times how you hear it explained away was that, you know, the average height was back then was just very small. You know, people were five, five, five, six or something, or maybe smaller. And so that like a seven foot tall person or something within the realm of possibility for us today would seem like a giant.
And we talked about this before, I think, you know, a lot of times how you hear it explained away was that, you know, the average height was back then was just very small. You know, people were five, five, five, six or something, or maybe smaller. And so that like a seven foot tall person or something within the realm of possibility for us today would seem like a giant.
And we talked about this before, I think, you know, a lot of times how you hear it explained away was that, you know, the average height was back then was just very small. You know, people were five, five, five, six or something, or maybe smaller. And so that like a seven foot tall person or something within the realm of possibility for us today would seem like a giant.
But I don't, you know, yeah, I think that these people are talking about like eight, nine, 10 feet tall, maybe taller people. uh yeah i think they were speaking literally yeah and uh every culture has stories of giants around the world i don't think these and it's not just giants i mean it's all these different things that have been explained away as myth and legend
But I don't, you know, yeah, I think that these people are talking about like eight, nine, 10 feet tall, maybe taller people. uh yeah i think they were speaking literally yeah and uh every culture has stories of giants around the world i don't think these and it's not just giants i mean it's all these different things that have been explained away as myth and legend
But I don't, you know, yeah, I think that these people are talking about like eight, nine, 10 feet tall, maybe taller people. uh yeah i think they were speaking literally yeah and uh every culture has stories of giants around the world i don't think these and it's not just giants i mean it's all these different things that have been explained away as myth and legend
Generally, where I like to start with things like this is assuming that they're speaking literally until we figure it out otherwise. Metaphorical speaking and fantastical speaking has a flow. These accounts that you're talking about, they weren't written in a style of fanciful... These are logs and diaries and journals. They're not writing fantasy here.
Generally, where I like to start with things like this is assuming that they're speaking literally until we figure it out otherwise. Metaphorical speaking and fantastical speaking has a flow. These accounts that you're talking about, they weren't written in a style of fanciful... These are logs and diaries and journals. They're not writing fantasy here.
Generally, where I like to start with things like this is assuming that they're speaking literally until we figure it out otherwise. Metaphorical speaking and fantastical speaking has a flow. These accounts that you're talking about, they weren't written in a style of fanciful... These are logs and diaries and journals. They're not writing fantasy here.
So it was an account of what they experienced.
So it was an account of what they experienced.
So it was an account of what they experienced.
So I had an opportunity to... I spent some time down exploring Patagonia all throughout Chile, Argentina, all the way down to... the very tip of South America. And it is a wild, wild land down there. It feels very, very different. It was one of the more impactful trips that I've had Because, you know, I went to regions out there that were just like, I was like, dude, we're really out here.
So I had an opportunity to... I spent some time down exploring Patagonia all throughout Chile, Argentina, all the way down to... the very tip of South America. And it is a wild, wild land down there. It feels very, very different. It was one of the more impactful trips that I've had Because, you know, I went to regions out there that were just like, I was like, dude, we're really out here.
So I had an opportunity to... I spent some time down exploring Patagonia all throughout Chile, Argentina, all the way down to... the very tip of South America. And it is a wild, wild land down there. It feels very, very different. It was one of the more impactful trips that I've had Because, you know, I went to regions out there that were just like, I was like, dude, we're really out here.