"Ancient Aliens and the Promise of Empire" Topic

"One of the favorite pastimes of the modern skeptic is to point out how various fringe authors, especially those of the Ancient Alien fanboy set are either overt Nazis, crypto-fascists, or at least motivated by some notion of establishing Aryan superiority. While, I'm admittedly fond of pointing out Nazis and aware that it's a little more difficult these days, as in most cases they've eschewed public goose-stepping, their passion for leather, overt Jew-bashing, and efforts at conquering Europe, I strongly suspect that we are conflating a much more deep-seated desire that has a broader appeal to folks at large. Its foolhardy to assume that the massive interest and popularity of theories about ancient aliens signifies a tendency towards racism or national-socialist brand fascism afoot amongst the general public, just as it is dangerous to assume that every supporter of the other political party is a moron, and superficially classifying ideological motivations is a wonderful debate tactic, but fails to explore the deeper compulsions that frame our interactions with the infosphere, which clearly predominate human relations these days.

Now, I tend not to take a position on whether we have been visited by ancient astronauts across the millennia, mostly because there are only two equally unpleasant and wholly depressing options if it is indeed the case: (1) They are really incompetent, or (2) they are super-intelligent and just screwing with us. Neither prospect is particularly good for humans. We're either subject to the absurdities of an Abbot and Costello version of World Domination, or they don't think too highly of us and figure they can get away playing a little fast and loose, because hey, who cares if some simpleton gets you on video – some government agency will classify it top secret, it will eventually be leaked, and everybody will be twice as confused…."
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Amicalement
Armand

What the …? Did that writer stop taking his meds?

Dan

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Did that writer stop taking his meds?

Lol! My thoughts exactly.

Started nicely with a Pythagoras quote. And the quickly devolved into, "Who has seen my Lithium" territory.