![]() Which raises the question, how then do they manage to get the archaeology, art history, literature, theology, folklore, human genetics, engineering, ancient languages, and history so completely, unthinkably wrong? The most interesting part of our conversation was when Michael said that producers seem to have done their physics research ahead of time and for the most part get the physics right. A producer then comes to Michael’s campus to conduct the interview. He then selects the questions that he believes he will be able to answer with some authority. He explained that he only sits down for an interview or two a season, and that questions are sent to him in advance for the entire season. When examining Ancient Aliens, who is to say how serious these people are?įor a sense of perspective, I contacted physicist Michael Dennin at UC, Irvine, who appears on the show to discuss specific scientific concepts. Is the Health Ranger Mike Adams really as completely off his nut as he appears? Does Psychic Kids host Chip Coffey really think that he can talk to dead people?ĭo the Ghost Hunters really believe in ghosts after presenting their audience with such transparently crummy evidence for years? Who knows? You need a special type evidence of to discern whether or not any individual is sincere in their public beliefs, one that is rarely available. It’s always hard for a skeptic to discern how serious any given promoter of woo is about what they are pushing. Following the historical plots outlined by such authors as Zecharia Sitchin and Erich von Däniken (the latter appears frequently on the show), Ancient Aliens is without a doubt the least coherent, most disorganized show on television. The thrust of the show is fairly straightforward: no matter what ancient or relatively recent civilization you examine, somehow all historians, folklorists, and archaeologists have overlooked what “ancient astronaut theorists” have identified as clear evidence of aliens meddling in human affairs. The Channel Formerly Known as the History Channel is currently airing season 4 of Ancient Aliens. ![]() Exposure to that much crap is dangerous work! So, as a concerned friend, I did the only logical thing: had him watch some more and write about it in a guest post. For example, I’ve been watching Bob Blaskiewicz on Twitter recently, talking about watching Ancient Aliens and discussing how painfully awful it is. We grow our skeptics pretty hardy here in Atlanta. ![]()
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