At Dinge, we believe meaningful progress doesn’t happen at the extremes—it happens in the space between. Today’s discourse around history, archaeology, and human origins is fractured, caught between two polarized camps.
On one side, the academic community offers structure, peer-reviewed methods, and rigorous standards of evidence—but often struggles to engage with unconventional ideas that fall outside narrowly defined boundaries. On the other, the fringe community often overly embraces broader possibilities—at the expense of factual grounding, opening the door to baseless claims, conspiracy theories, and misinformation.
We exist in the middle.
Dinge is not fringe, and we’re not here to promote pseudo-anything. But we’re also not dismissive of curiosity. Whichever camp you might be in, the truth is—everyone wants the same outcome. We value evidence, critical thinking, and transparency, and we recognize that some questions remain unanswered. Those mysteries deserve to be explored responsibly, with reason and intellectual honesty. We’re more likely to get answers by working together.
We also believe the tone of the conversation matters.
Too often, efforts from within academia to correct public misunderstandings come across as dismissive—or even humiliating—to the very people they’re trying to reach. In turn, fringe voices respond with mockery, distrust, and defiance. This cycle doesn’t lead to truth—it leads to division. It’s a distraction. It’s counterproductive.
We want something different.
Dinge is a space for respectful, thoughtful, and intellectually curious inquiry. We believe disagreement can be productive in the pursuit of truths. We believe people are more open to new ideas when they’re treated with dignity, not derision. And we believe the search for truth deserves more than a shouting match—or slanderous attacks on social media.
