Dan Wilson
Senior Member.
In the spirit of the UFO "congressional hearing" taking place in Washington this week, I thought I would post this. I'm sure most of us here have heard of or watched the show, Ancient Aliens, or people like Erich Von Daniken who make frequent appearances on the show. I, personally, am baffled by the fact that this show can be so horribly inaccurate and downright bad yet be running on its 5th season on the History channel. The video posted above covers the topic better than I can and is a great example of good debunking. It is also an example of how these fringe conspiracies often work by stretching facts, hypothesizing without evidence or testing, omitting information, and even plain old making stuff up.
http://ancientaliensdebunked.com/
http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/
In the spirit of the UFO "congressional hearing" taking place in Washington this week, I thought I would post this. I'm sure most of us here have heard of or watched the show, Ancient Aliens, or people like Erich Von Daniken who make frequent appearances on the show. I, personally, am baffled by the fact that this show can be so horribly inaccurate and downright bad yet be running on its 5th season on the History channel. The video posted above covers the topic better than I can and is a great example of good debunking. It is also an example of how these fringe conspiracies often work by stretching facts, hypothesizing without evidence or testing, omitting information, and even plain old making stuff up.
http://ancientaliensdebunked.com/
http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/