[Rockhounds] Atlantis found yet again - This time seamount off of Canary Islands

[Paul]

'This could be the origin of the Atlantis legend': Mountain that 
sank beneath the waves discovered off Canary Islands
By Hannah Osborne, LiveScience, August 12, 2024
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/this-could-be-the-origin-of-the-atlantis-legend-mountain-that-sank-beneath-the-waves-discovered-off-canary-islands

A press release is:

Descubierto un monte submarino en Canarias compuesto por
tres volcanes El grupo coordinado por el IGME-CSIC que ha 
encontrado ‘Los Atlantes’, nombre asignado al monte, ya 
halló las formaciones que se consideran ancestros del 
archipiélago canario. El Consejo Superior de Investigaciones 
Científicas. 
https://www.csic.es/es/actualidad-del-csic/descubierto-un-monte-submarino-en-canarias-compuesto-por-tres-volcanes

Why does everytime that a sunken island is found, do 
otherwise reasonable scientists feel the need to use the
now unoriginal trope about Atlantis? I know it is meant to
sensationize any discovery, but by now, anyone, also 
including reporters, should realize that this cliche has 
been beat to death. 

Another example:

Lost 'Atlantis' continent off Australia may have been home
for half a million humans 70,000 years ago, LiveScience
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/lost-atlantis-continent-off-australia-may-have-been-home-for-half-a-million-humans-70000-years-ago

Yours,

Paul H.