Ancient Aliens is Pro Satan

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[@StephenConti-t6j]

Fallen Angels

[@StephenConti-t6j]

It's you

[@arvo_septus]

Is it possible.... that Einstein was actually 3 gremlins in a trench coat? Ancient astronaut theorists think so.

[@subhumann]

it was four ducks actually.

[@Marxcky]

That explains the hair.

[@subhumann]

@@Marxcky well, yeah. ducks can't work a comb.

[@subhumann]

​@@Marxcky they might be in a Giorgio suit now.

[@Lalaland666-k3x]

No he was six possums and a rabbit, plus a pigeon

[@VexatiousHopesPopCultMusicVids]

The way they describe 'thought experiments' it sounds like they think Einstein was dropping acid every time he wrote a paper.

[@user-td3yi1mq7p]

Shakespeare used so-called 'metaphors', a special technique, that allowed him to make one things seem like a different thing that had some of the same properties. Ancient astronaut theorists believe that these 'metaphors' were based on extra-terrestrial shape-shifting technology that allowed him to write so many iconic pieces of literature.

[@VexatiousHopesPopCultMusicVids]

@@user-td3yi1mq7p 😂😂

[@Gafafsg]

@@user-td3yi1mq7pSounds like witchcraft!

[@trekkiejunk]

The thing that bothers me most about shows like this, is not just that they promote pseudoscience, but that they diminish the accomplishments that humans have actually achieved. It reminds me about how when a doctor saves someone's life, and someone says, ''Thank the lord for saving you.'' No! It was the damn doctor who did it! Give him credit for his skill and decades of learning and practice that went into that surgery.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

This. This always annoyed me as a kid.

[@nanonano2595]

ikr? If god saved you, you'd know. God has never been subtle about his miracles in the bible, why is he suddenly working in excessively mysterious ways all of a sudden? Just to cast doubt on his own existence? hmm...I wonder why?

[@tomsenior7405]

Agreed. It is pure hokum, but often becomes embedded into popular culture as "fact". This undermines the results obtained through hard work and genuine research. Peter Cook summed it up succinctly: "Did you know that the Whale is not a fish? It is an insect".

[@laashedden1675]

Learn about cargo cults. They are living proof of how religion started. You fill in the blanks and there’s a damn good chance we were visited in the ancient past

[@dannylo5875]

To reply, many books in the bible have loose ends and a bad continium because they taken books out from the bible that provided added pretext, text, context, and syntax. One can read the bible now with AI and learned the original origin stories behind anything and trust me. Vastly different stuff then what churches. The bible has more then 40 0r 50 plus gospels and books and writings and manuscripts that took down the oral sayings of Jesus and recorded more miracles. Which are not in the bible for some reason and are lost in books, manuscripts, and oral tradition which is lost to time or not recorded. However, if you want a complete better collection. Its a Syriac or Ethiopian Coptic bible that has over 81 books. If you buy a book with 66. Your getting a watered down ripped up, illiterate copy. That was purposely destroyed or reduced and also messed with by these so called church leaders/civilian rules. Not apostles. Also the English bible society destroyed the original and just put 66. Maintaining it was "Budget concerns". Yeah right. and Martin Luther and William Tyndale or other in the protestant and catholic reformation basically destroyed the cannon order. You can read that Martin said that He hated a book that he didn't agree with and that he would have taken it out from the bible and destroyed it. So many books in the bible are destroyed pieces of some ancient system that was not Christianity completely but some more ancient pieces of arts and systems of worship that have been lost to time. Some legit are technology or some form of alchemy which explains the visions or meditation or trances or "Inspiration" but things get deeper into gnostic and occultism, sorcery, magical, arcane, mechanical and pre chemistry. Same stuff that other cultures were in. Not much of a difference. But I guess the unique aspect of christianity that there was a way to offload overloaded underclasses to a "Solution" when in fact it was not as they thought. Also, stuff about Jesus, or some other name known by Josephus. or others in the period. Expect him to have received ancient holy books from the magi not just the gifts. From a sect of Zoroastrians. And also leaving the astrological, astronomical and prophetic calendars out of view. Along with a set of certain instructions to supposedly connect with a higher ascended being. "Called God or Yawh" which go beyond into Kabbalah or more arts, Thats what people do not tell you in the bible. And Yeah, Daniel the prophet which have no idea existed at all, except that he was taken by Babylon into captivity and took certain books with him from Solomons temple. Set in motion half of the Bible that we have today. Also, there is a place related for Adam and Eve called cave of secrets, and that is a whole another thing you have to infer and figure it all out or about.

[@kai.karenthea]

The main audience for Ancient Aliens is hotel guests who need help falling asleep.

[@wj2036]

And adults over the age of 50 who are just now being exposed to science.

[@neil2444]

Turns out the origin of the name "Ancient Aliens" is because the original name "The Conspiracy Show" didn't ring quite as well.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

stoners

[@tempstep4058]

Oh no. I thought nobody knew. Damn it. 😂

[@ojmcclanahan689]

It's a far more interesting and plausible theory than the nonsense we're told in the main stream. If humans built all these things using primitive tools, why doesn't someone prove it and recreate one? Because they can't.

[@President_Starscream]

Fun fact: Ancient Egyptians taught aliens how to build pyramids!

[@wilberwhateley7569]

So sayeth the folks at "Futurama" anyway...

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

It's all pretty obvious when you think about it. The idea of spacefaring beings possessing the higher levels of thought and sophisticated technical skill necessary to erect such monuments unassisted is actually kind of preposterous.

[@vestafreyja]

After all it takes aliens to teach Ancient Egyptians how to pile rocks on top of another rock.

[@TX_spare]

@@vestafreyja Yeah, who could have possibly come up with that (aside from every 4 year old ever)? 😆

[@chameleonx9253]

No, the ancient Egyptians taught the people of Atlantis to build pyramids, and then they taught the aliens. Then the aliens tried to teach the Mayans, but it turned out they already knew how, so they settled on doing the Nazca lines for them.

[@desperadox7565]

"If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics." Richard Feynman

[@whoviating]

Was it Feynman, or who was it that said "If you're not outraged by quantum physics, you don't understand it?" Sounds like something he'd say.

[@stevewest4994]

There are lots of great quotes about quantum mechanics. I like: "I do not like it, and I am sorry I ever had anything to do with it." - Erwin Schrödinger. And "You can say that again!" - Erwin Schrödinger’s cat.

[@hedgehog3180]

@@whoviating it could be worse, it could be statistical mechanics.

[@kayleescruggs6888]

@@hedgehog3180I will take QM over stat mech any day. I still hate stat mech.

[@kajielin4354]

I kinda hate that quote, turned me off of quantum mechanics in school when my teacher said that. Because why try to understand something if every time I think "hey I got that point now!" my head repeats "lol no, if you think you got this, you're wrong"

[@GamesFromSpace]

They conflate "possible" with "reasonable". Everytime they ask "is it possible", it sounds like a five year old asking. The better question would be "is it reasonable", and the answer is always no.

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

whic makes "possible" the best keyword for a drinking game

[@markvonwisco7369]

I'm willing to bet that the Venn diagram of "ancient alien theorist" and "vaccine skeptic" is an almost perfect circle.

[@Sage-Thyme]

And then they'd use that circle to start drawing a flower of life, because they just can't help themselves.

[@artistdudebro]

It's a wild pipeline

[@stephenconnolly3018]

Flat earth believer's as well may be?

[@markvonwisco7369]

@@stephenconnolly3018 I believe so.

[@lordfrieza3792]

What's funny is it's much much much more plausible that Albert Einstein came up with the theory of relativity eating crackers and cheese while sitting in a bath rather than any kind of ancient alien theory that's ever been proposed.

[@hedgehog3180]

I think Einstein would appreciate the joke.

[@tyefiles3750]

Most theoretical physicist do their thinking in a bath tub

[@turnerturner3281]

His first wife, whom he stole credit from for the brilliant work she did alongside him, was a major contributor to his success and was every bit as insightful and intelligent as he was.

[@lordfrieza3792]

@@turnerturner3281 never heard that before. Never seen any evidence of that either.

[@TheOnlySMAWJ]

“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” ― Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

[@giorgialine1442]

Begging every ancient aliens person to understand that stargate was not a documentary series.

[@scloftin8861]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 True. But boy do I sometimes wish it was.

[@oldschoolman1444]

Great sifi series though! 😊

[@thisguywalksintoa1267]

Lies! let me guess wrestling is also fake, the world is round, and NFT's are a bad investment?!?!?! Get thee behind me!

[@JoshSweetvale]

Other way round. Stargate took Däniken's ramblings and went "what if we added consistency. And hot, witty people."

[@markgoodall1388]

The real stargate project was more like 'let's do lots of lsd and see what happens'... yeah...

[@imcrazedandconfused]

Erich von Däniken-style: "Isn't it strange, that these Mayan pictures look like extraterrestrial astronauts?" Me-style: "Isn't it strange, that designers of space suits like to read history books?"

[@imcrazedandconfused]

Uhm, ave satanas. I guess.

[@wkgmathguy218]

My favorite Einstein story is he once announced that he was going to give a lecture where he'd give an astounding result. The night before, he realized he'd made a mistake, Rather than cancelling he went in and gave a lecture describing the error in detail. These people disgust me. Einstein slaved day and night to reconcile gravitation with the theory of relativity, At times he thought he'd never figure it out. It took him the better part of ten years. To put this down to 'oh, it was aliens ' is such an insult to what he accomplished. Lovely to see you as always Emma, thanks for your work.

[@pattheplanter]

Some credit should be given to his wife for some of his results.

[@_allegra]

Reality is far more fascinating and awe inspiring than anything these charlatans can dream up

[@1gient]

That's because these people think they're the be-all end-all of intelligence. If they can't figure it out in less then 30 seconds then it simply impossible for any human to do it and refuse to be contradicted. They genuinely would rather believe aliens gave the knowledge to people rather then them being both too stupid to figure it out and too lazy to do research. That's pretty much all of their episodes in summary and what little research _is_ done is handwaved as wrong _because_ it's not aliens. They've basically inverted the scientific method to fit their alt history fan fiction.

[@Rhaifha]

I think even if you just drank water everytime they say "Is it possible", you'd still end up in the hospital. My goodness

[@PhilipLeitch]

This is going to blow your mind: I'm actually doing remote viewing right now. I'm in Australia and I'm viewing this.

[@jamesrule1338]

This reminds me of a webcomic creator that described his work as mind control. "I'm writing a joke now that will make someone laugh a month later when the comic get's uploaded."

[@thylacoleonkennedy7]

Oh man, same! It's really hard to watch because it's upside down but I think I get the gist.

[@phillyphakename1255]

I cant wait to blow the minds of the bacteria on Mars. "Yeah, these aliens are capable of remote viewing, and they store the data on the clouds."

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

Love the Egon cosplay! But, in all seriousness, that is some stellar androgyny you've got going on.

[@redboiwalkin]

what ancient aliens really means to say "i'm too dumb to figure it out, so it must be aliens!"

[@mjjoe76]

They also often say, “When non-Europeans accomplished something, our subtle racism suggests they couldn’t have done it.”

[@jamesrule1338]

@@mjjoe76 yup. It's really telling when they start with "how could these PRIMATIVE people do this thing?" when this "thing" is usually "piled a bunch of big rocks of top of each other." Yes, other people figured out engineering.

[@marcromain64]

"A complex reality is too alien for me."

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

​@@mjjoe76Reason #1 why I'm glad Emma left the pyramids out of it.

[@paulschlachter4313]

Basically.

[@OldGeezerstoolbox]

"Ancient aliens" is just another variation of "This is stuff I don't understand therefore MAGIC!"

[@speedy01247]

its the science version of god did it.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

Ancient astronaut theorists contend that aliens created magic. 👽

[@ojmcclanahan689]

Aliens are magic? I thought there were intelligent beings from another planet that have us beat on technology by a few million years. Who knew! Flesh and blood beings and technology is magic!.... Douche bag.

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

Ancient Aliens Be Like: "Look at this intricate design created by an ancient human civilization. Does this indicate that dinosaurs battled martians in an intergalactic war? Some ancient astronauts believe so."

[@marcromain64]

Is there a particular reason why you withheld the involvement of time-travelling Illuminati? This is common knowledge by now! /s

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Dinosaurs vs aliens - that’s an idea for a Hollywood summer blockbuster if I ever heard one!

[@pete_lind]

The Bible is about galactic battle , i have seen Life of Brian , it had aliens it and it is super accurate documentary .

[@Sephiroth144]

Duuuuuude, that's wild... pass me the Space Bong

[@BaphometGaming69]

@@wilberwhateley7569 That’d be a fun Predator movie honestly

[@Forsworcen]

I love how every episode of ancient aliens starts off with a question then assumes that question was correct and asks an even more batshit insane question

[@Ceruleansquid-lo3iv]

was the play "Cats" a message to Andrew Lloyd Webber from aliens living in Alpha Centauri? Yes. What do the songs say? that's what we're looking into

[@GlassSpiider]

My favorite Ancient Aliens meme just shows a series of pics of Giorgio's hair getting higher and higher over the years and the claim he's being abducted really slowly

[@jessicadavis3989]

Hilarious; link please!

[@GlassSpiider]

@@jessicadavis3989 Is this visible : i.pinimg.com/736x/c1/f6/0d/c1f60dad80bef103434359f8aac1faaf.jpg 😂

[@lorifiedler13]

Would he be recognized without that puff of hair? Ancient astronauts believe it's possible.

[@want2gofishin]

I recommend you incorporate "torment...torment you, f*** you... demon" in every episode. 🤣

[@extravagantpanda7962]

1:48 This whole show exists to take away the credit for basically everything everyone has ever done and give it to aliens. The whole premise is essentially "humans are incapable of doing anything without guidance from some higher power (aliens)".

[@N0Bah_D-666]

As someone with aphantasia, can confirm that "picture so and so" not being just a saying is akin to magic

[@JhericFury]

As a fellow aphantasic, do you ever wonder if your dreams are in full visual but you just can't remember in the morning because your memories of the dream aren't visual? There's literally no way of knowing and it makes no difference to anything, it's just something I think about every time I have a dream.

[@N0Bah_D-666]

@@JhericFury I have never thought about that specifically. I delved into lucid dreaming techniques years ago so I remember lots of dreams. I only learned what aphantasia is back in 2020

[@vroommoorv1540]

​@@JhericFuryI also have aphantasia, and I've managed to lucid dream a couple of times. I've found that sometimes I dream in incredible detail, down to threads in the carpet and marks on the wallpaper, and at other times there are some vague shapes and colours or people are just a presence with no (imagined) physicality. Then there are the times I'll smell something, and have a completely immersive memory surface. I can see, hear, and feel everything going on around me for a few moments, then it's gone and I'm back in the real world again.

[@Worsterest]

fr 😭

[@Kira-zy2ro]

"Could this be more than human....?" "NO" You made my entire week there 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IAmDollop]

I love that you can see Emma's head behind the shelf in the puppet bit

[@Tman001100]

Haha! I didn't notice that at first 🤣 Too cute, though.

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

[sweats]

[@Tman001100]

@@EmmaThorneVideos It's okay...your secret is safe with us...I MEAN...what secret?? 🤷‍♂👀

[@chaeburger]

Emma, just thought you would like to know that one of my cats absolutely LOVES your credits. He comes running every time he hears the music. His favorite is the little animated eel.

[@DrachenGothik666]

It's a snake. Eels don't have forked tongues. Your cat sounds adorable as heck.

[@9000ethanator]

Your cat and I have similar tastes

[@jameswilson5248]

Please tell your cat that I love him

[@jongkittae]

26:32 the funniest part of all this to me as an american is how the whole justification for "remote viewing" was "well the US government looked into it" because our government is basically infamous for wasting resources on stupid shit

[@mikebarrow157]

"These people are fucking bananas" - Now that is profound in the context of this show. 🤣

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

I wonder if that's what happened to Dr. Peel.

[@whoviating]

They couldn't even get the quote right. It's not "We're made of star dust," it's "You are made of star stuff." It was a quote from Carl Sagan, expressing the wonder of the universe in that almost everything of which we are made was produced inside some star, somewhere, some time.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

He's probably referencing the song instead of the Sagan quote. Not that he knows the difference.

[@whoviating]

@@DavidSmith-vr1nb Well, y'know, Hoagy Carmichael, Carl Sagan, easy to get them confused....

[@TheMissiIe]

Another thing about Einstein, his "greatest blunder" actually ended up being an integral part of how modern scientists explain the universe. Einstein's biggest "fail" still ended up being true. Which is wild to think about

[@whoviating]

Actually it didn't. At the time of general relativity, it was generally believed the universe was static. When it was shown that general relativity didn't allow for that, that it had to be expanding or shrinking, he inserted his cosmological constant to have the universe remain static. It was a kludge and he hated it - and when it was confirmed the universe was expanding, it became dispensable. The modern concept of a cosmological constant uses the same term, but its sense has been reinterpreted.

[@LordWaterBottle]

​@@whoviatingAren't both "Cosmological Constants" scalar in the same spot in the equation?

[@whoviating]

@@LordWaterBottleThis is a "yes, but" case. Einstein regarded his constant to be his "greatest blunder" because inserting it it meant he didn't trust the predictions of his own equations. After the expansion of the universe was proved, the constant was unnecessary and while it remained in the equations, he set it to zero to mathematically remove its effect. It was the discovery that the rate of expansion was not constant or slowing but increasing that brought back the constant because there had to be some force that not just counters gravity, but on cosmological scales overcomes it. Assuming a positive value to the constant was the simplest and clearest way to express this "dark energy" within the context of general relativity. Which means, bottom line, that the original solutions to general relativity, showing a static universe was unstable, were correct and there was no need to insert a fudge factor to "fix" it. Einstein could have said "Trust the math. Look for the change, you'll find it," and later had a great big round of "Tolja so." Unfortunately, he didn't and the result was a made-up constant with an arbitrary value now used for the different purpose of describing the very expansion of the universe it was designed to prevent. Personally, I think ol' Albert contributed more than enough to have no need of overselling it.

[@whoviating]

@@LordWaterBottle For the third time this week, a comment of mine has disappeared without a trace. So I'm re-posting it, hoping this time it will stick. This is a "yes, but" case. Einstein regarded his constant to be his "greatest blunder" because inserting it it meant he didn't trust the predictions of his own equations. After the expansion of the universe was proved, the constant was unnecessary and while it remained in the equations, he set it to zero to mathematically remove its effect. It was the discovery that the rate of expansion was not constant or slowing but increasing that brought back the constant because there had to be some force that not just counters gravity, but on cosmological scales overcomes it. Assuming a positive value to the constant was the simplest and clearest way to express this "dark energy" within the context of general relativity. Which means, bottom line, that the original solutions to general relativity, showing a static universe was unstable, were correct and there was no need to insert a fudge factor to "fix" it. Einstein could have said "Trust the math. Look for the change, you'll find it," and later enjoyed a great big round of "Tolja so." Unfortunately, he didn't and the result was a made-up constant with an arbitrary value now used for the different purpose of describing the very expansion of the universe it was designed to prevent. Personally, I think ol' Albert contributed more than enough to have no need of overselling it.

[@clukinvar]

"Justice for Satan" put it on a shirt!

[@KalebCorvid]

Maybe this is just me, but the combination of weird alien stuff and your outfit, which I can only describe as "CottageCore Librarian", is absolutely hilarious to me. You make it work though Emma!

[@Doktor_Apokalypse]

CottageCore Librarian 🤣

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

I also couldn't help but notice her highly advanced hairdo and perfect Russian accent. Is it possible that she has something to cover up about her DNA?

[@alexhajnal107]

@@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT Ancient Astronaut theorists say "Yes".

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

@@alexhajnal107 If there's one thing I learned from Ancient Aliens today, it's that playing with fire is nowhere near as dangerous as with distilled spirits.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

Of course she makes it work. She's an attractive woman in her mid-late 20's, it's pretty much impossible for her to fail right now.

[@Telorand1]

I came for the alien snark and stayed for the "Grandpa cosplays Einstein" cosplay.

[@SchrijverMarcel]

“No. Thank you for asking” had me in stitches every single time. Thank you for lighting up my day.

[@wizardsuth]

27:02 "If they had concluded that it [remote viewing] did work in any way, this would still be secret..." -- And they would "declassify" information to the effect that it doesn't work so they could continue using it. You can't convince a conspiracy theorist that they're wrong because they treat every bit of evidence against them as being part of the conspiracy.

[@nycstreetpoet]

This outfit works for you. Either you make it cute, or grandpa fashion appeals to me more than I expected. Since we’re watching this video edited, I wish you had a “shot counter” graphic on screen somewhere.

[@jb111082]

I think it works on her as well. It's like you said......she just makes it cute.

[@jenniferkorf4767]

Emma is just a silly little grandpa

[@JackgarPrime]

"Maybe" "Is it possible" "Some ____ say" are this show's favorite terms.

[@fje6902]

If we are going to be picky, the Joni Mitchell version was slightly different: "We are stardust. We are golden. We are billion year old carbon, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden."-Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

[@joelpartee594]

Someday you will die and somehow something’s gonna steal your carbon - Modest Mouse

[@whoviating]

It's "billion year old carbon," actually. Not to be overly picky or anything.

[@DeepDishNews]

Lol

[@fje6902]

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[@ianclarke3627]

That de Vinci fella obviously got help painting the mona lisa

[@GSJoey]

I think Giorgio's hairstyle is all the ancient alien theorist bona-fides one needs. It's like the lightning from a Tesla coil in hair, what more would you need to make contact.

[@jimgillert20]

Is it possible that Einstein sticking out his tongue is in fact an antenna for recieving ancient alien transmissions. Ancient Aliens thinks so. Now for a sip of soda pop.

[@atashgallagher5139]

I prefer reverse exorcisms, what is a reverse exorcism you may ask? Well a reverse exorcism is when the devil tells the priest to get out of the child.

[@kensmith5694]

Most of them are in it for the money. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.

[@happytofu5]

Oh God that ist dark 😂

[@alexhajnal107]

Once again illustrating that Satan might actually be the good guy.

[@zero69kage]

You know, sometimes I wish I really was possessed as a kid. It would have been nice to have someone to talk to. It's not like I didn't have to go through an exorcism anyway. I kind of feel a little cheated.

[@stephenconnolly3018]

You should tell Kent Hovind's and Matt Powers close friend Christopher link Jones that one. O you can't his in jail.

[@Zetimenvec]

One thing you said that I think is a common mistake people make when talking about quantum mechanics, specifically entanglement and particle spin, is that information is shared between two points, or more specifically, that change of information is shared. This is untrue, but it's reasonable to think this with how much popsci and scifi make this the foundational platform for how theoretical technologies work. The results of the measurement are ipsofacto random and deterministic. This means that you can't really change the information of the particle's spin in a meaningful way that the entangled particle could register as a difference. The measurement is 50% one direction of spin or another each time you measure it. Even if you agree to measure it at regular intervals and deal with relativistic time dilation perfectly, you can't see a signal being transmitted between them because they are what they are at any given moment. yes they're always opposite each other, but there's no way to derive information from that about what the other person is doing to the other entangled particle.

[@Thirdbase9]

Actually they dropped Einstein's brain, that's Abby's brain. Abby Normal's.

[@mjjoe76]

That’s okay. The statements made about his brain are utter rubbish.

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

❤❤❤❤

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@mjjoe76 r/whoosh

[@johnmesser3278]

Young Frankenstein! Well Done!

[@Xhumed]

I thought it was Stan D. Ardman's brain.

[@pascallefevre1148]

If you haven't already, I recommend you watch "Men who stare at goats". It's a dark comedy about Star Gate starring George Clooney, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor.

[@nathanhauser1074]

I actually love shows like this. They appeal to the same part of me that memorizes fantasy lore for fun. Emphasis on the fantasy. My favorite thing from Ancient Aliens is definitely the little video segment they did of a CGI space ship shooting lasers at the dinosaurs to cause their extinction.

[@jamesrule1338]

Not going to lie, I've stolen weirdo conspiracy/ancient aliens stuff for TTRPGs campaigns I've run. Good artist borrow. Great artists steal. Game Masters will grab anything not nailed down, and a few things that are.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Rule #1 of fantasizing: Fantasy is not reality. By mythologizing reality, you are not just demeaning the subject, but are *eroding your audience's mental health.*

[@nathanhauser1074]

​@@JoshSweetvale I would actually disagree with this a little bit. While I certainly think it is true that people should stay grounded, I also think it's fine to be inventive even for things based in reality. The trick is recognizing where the line between reality and fantasy is. Never fall into the trap of truly believing something just because it's entertaining.

[@qiae]

Speaking as someone with aphantasia, it is a topic that is so utterly invisible in basically all aspects of society that it does tend to take us a very long timw to realize, which yea, honestly does make that plausible as an explanation for at least some of these types.

[@rotherbedlam3420]

I like how you say that Little Red Riding Hood is proof that wolves dress up like grandmas, because I remember one"history"channel show that used that as "evidence" for werewolves being real.

[@jusuke1980]

i always thought how wild it would be to attend a cocktail party with everyone from ancient aliens talking over you about how shrimp are from another plane of existence

[@fazergazer]

The Generalized Relativity model was a team effort. Einstein led and unified the efforts of several collaborators who had specialization in specific maths. His insight and guidance assembled the intellectual capabilities of several people with whom he worked closely. He didn’t work in a vacuum, was an excellent communicator and collaborator. He is one of my heroes.🎉

[@dark_natas_666]

Ancient Astronauts gave Texans our guacamole recipe that we still use today.

[@NamelessBody]

German viewer here: No idea about that museum, but that ü was spot-on! Also, your outfit and hair are giving science, clearly. Project Stargate had real results tho, I saw it on TV in the late 90s and early 2000s! They even had time travel and space ships! And pyramids and serpents, too. Heck, even Satan was in it, had a pretty big industrial planet going. Also: You did the thing! You said the Connla thing again!

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

You probably don't know about that museum because it's in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

[@paulschlachter4313]

Naja, sie hat's wie Mühte Museum ausgesprochen - es heißt aber Mütter Museum.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

​@@paulschlachter4313she gave it a good shot

[@NamelessBody]

@@paulschlachter4313 Aber das Ü war richtig! Ein Schritt nach'm anderen.

[@harambo88]

@@NamelessBody 2030 ist deutsch eh die einzige, weltweite sprache.

[@stefkukla8533]

"Who is Satan? Is he a butcher? A baker? A candlestick maker?"

[@PaulSmith-kx8cs]

Einstein’s brain? Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Did they save Hitler’s brain too? I saw it in a movie once. That means it’s true, right?

[@unknown5150variable]

Well in a show I watched he escaped to South America and now I don't who to believe, your movie or my show. I know I'll check the internet because lying isnt allowed on the www.

[@sherlockwho5714]

I can confirm all saved brains are transferred to various animals. Think Hitler is running around as cockroach Einstein is sitting in a crow 😂

[@BaphometGaming69]

@@sherlockwho5714 Could’ve sworn they put Hitler in the geese.

[@t3hd0n]

I heard they took his brain and used it to run a computer, wait that's spock

[@wornjeans6830]

​@@sherlockwho5714 I like to think Einstein would quite like to be a crow. Brilliant little creatures

[@kjones9744]

30:09 the head smacking sound effects added here gave me quite the chuckle.

[@montyr2083]

10:37 - Mütter Museum note: although the name is German, the museum is American, founded in 1863 in Philadelphia. It is generally referred to without pronouncing the umlaut, as the "Mutter Museum." It's also part of the College of Physicians in Philadelphia, and I am 100% sure that no one involved thought that they were going to be in a documentary about woowoo Einstein brain magic. (I lived in Philly for 15 years, and the Mütter Museum is amazing. I once saw Grover Cleveland's tumor there that he had removed in secret on a yacht!)

[@blazingliger2246]

It's too bad what's been happening with the museum...the current leadership really seems to want to scrub it of everything that made it interesting and keep it out of the public eye.

[@OniReynard]

The trick to understanding how they connect those ideas together is the hypotheticals/questions. They ignore answering any and proceed under the assumption the hypothetical is true. That and mood/emotional appeal via tone/music is pretty much the entirety of the show. Pretty much the same tricks used by televangelists. I just realized that church is basically a weekly book club that only ever discusses the same 2000ish year old book, so I should at least give credit to Ancient Aliens for having a broader selection.

[@Gerbilsarefriends]

If harry potter was written 1500 years ago, those "investigators" would be looking for flying brooms.

[@chriswest6988]

"exorcism looks really easy" Ross and Carrie will have you know that they had to pass _several_ open book quizzes to get certified as exorcists by that guy from the video!

[@tofersiefken]

Emma's style for the day: Manic Pixie Snoozing Grandpa? (Why does my mind's eye see you with the mustache from another video?) I like it, it works. More importantly, you like it, you chose it, and it's your channel! Always enjoying life's variety.

[@lemonflavouredquark]

Oh god. Now I see the moustache too

[@quinn0517]

"Manic Pixie, Snoozing Grandpa" sounds like a fabulous book. I've no idea what it would be about.

[@tofersiefken]

@@quinn0517 I'm sure it would regale the "back in my day" tales of Peter Falk's "grandpa" character in The Princess Bride as re-told by their uniquely quirky, Emma-inspired grandchild.

[@helltrash8533]

This sounds like the fantasy trope of 'every famous person was a wizard/vampire/demigod/whatever the creature of the book is, except they're trying to pass it off as real.

[@killerbunny7206]

Quantum entanglement has a property that is called "monogamy". If you entangle two particles and you try to entangle one of them again the entanglement collapses. Quantum entanglement is very difficult to work with, because any kind of interaction necessarily destroys your quantum states. Also it's mathematically impossible to use it to transmit information. You measure one of the particles here and it influences the particle there, but you can't deliberately change the state of the particles, it only works by measuring the state a particle is in. My Prof. Norbert Dragon his actual name) phrased it like this: I put a note in one of two envelopes and send one to you and one to my sister. If you open the envelope you know instantly if my sister has the note, You can't do anything with your envelope to influence my sisters envelope. You can't make more envelopes to change the probability of you getting the note. Best you can do is adding an empty envelope, so you have two envelopes with a 25% chance of a note in them. The metaphor is not perfect, but I think it gives a bit of an intuition on why it does not do anything with your entire brain or something.

[@Tomcat12789]

I think that the idea that "my measurement influences the measurement of the entangle particle" is perhaps flawed. If the two items are entangled, then it is as though I were holding two magnets with a sheet between them. As I spin my magnet, so too does yours spin. This has less to do with the fact that I have made a measurement than to do with the fact that they are entangled. I think the number of entangled particles does somewhat change the idea, especially once you start looking at the collapse of probabilities, which is where the ideas presented from the Double Slit experiment become relevant, particles vs waves. I have not studied that part of Quantum Physics/mechanics too deeply, especially not the formulas behind it. I would lose a bit of sleep thinking about all of those symbols.

[@DrachenGothik666]

I looked up Prof. Norbert Dragon just to see if you were bullshitting us, & nope, dude's real. Teaches theoretical physics out of Leibnitz University of Hanover in Germany. Cool beans. The Prof. & I share a name! (No, it's not Norbert. LOL)

[@storyspren]

27:23 ok this quote is actually fucking hilarious, it's wishful thinking, it's "maybe I or my child will get chosen in the next batch of people to be made Great." And the whole thing so far had that as an undercurrent, but this guy just went ahead and said it, "screw hard work, just hope the aliens zap you with the thinky beam."

[@chaeburger]

The Mutter museum is super cool and interesting! The American surgeon of Scottish descent named Thomas Dent Mütter started the whole thing through a donation of medical artifacts and money to The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. His name was originally Thomas Dent Mutter, but added the umlaut in his 20s because he wanted to give himself a little European flair. The umlaut is there because he thought it was cool. You'll hear it pronounced both Mutter or Muetter. Both are correct. To learn more, I highly recommend the Mütter Museum episode of the medical history podcast Sawbones.

[@pattheplanter]

So, people who really like him are called Mütterheads? As he was a pioneer of reconstructive surgery, I like him.

[@RichWoods23]

@@pattheplanter His most famous thesis was titled 'Ace of Scalpels'.

[@timchristie1601]

You have a fun vibe and do some great work. Keep it up!

[@mjjoe76]

_Ancient Aliens_ gives me a headache. Maybe it’s better that I don’t have any alcohol in the house.

[@zero69kage]

Yeah, I get that too. It's like this show is designed to destroy brain cells.

[@toddpeterson5904]

Few things in this world make me more angry than people saying, "I'm just asking questions." Asking questions can be incredibly misleading and manipulative

[@trekkiejunk]

OMG. Doc Barham?? 2:23. I actually know that guy. He is a comic. Like, a working, paid, stand-up comic. He used to perform on the comedy circuit while i was performing back in the 2000's. I remember he was always into mystical nonsense. I had a headache, and he gave me a reiki session to alleviate. I agreed, for his sake, and genuinely tried to participate, but it didn't help. LOL

[@WilliamBrowning]

I too was once willing to humor a reiki 'therapist' once. I only agreed because the whole thing is about NOT touching me. I'm sure you can guess the results. 🖖

[@pattheplanter]

Someone I knew slightly started reiki on me in a pub once without asking my consent. I was very confused by the ethics of this. Should you ask consent before doing something that has no effect whatsoever and involves no touching? She obviously believed she was fondling an actual part of me. "Geroff my aura" would have been funny but I opted for "Oi, back off."

[@alexhajnal107]

@@pattheplanter It's the same with practitioners of certain religions who "baptize" their ancestors (and strangers too IIRC). It's hogwash but it's (by definition) non-consensual and they believe what they're doing is real.

[@orionlleyessa1306]

I find it so weird that we have aspirin, yet mystical types still want to waste time, trying their 'magical' techniques! Yeesh. Is the drug store/pharmacy That far away?

[@PeteOtton]

@@pattheplanterYou're probably nicer than I am. I would have asked her to fondle an actual part of me.

[@RandomSelectGaming]

"Piss off I'm a priest" would make a great shirt

[@SolarTiger]

I was totally caught up in the whole "chariots of the gods" schtick back in the 70s...it was a popular book by Erich von Däniken...

[@richardjakobek7477]

Yeah. It was fun for a bit. And then we realised it was nonsense. ( and we were kids ).

[@Wrightbrain]

The show borrowed heavily from that book in the early seasons. Then they ran out of material and started scraping the internet or flatly making stuff up to keep the show going.

[@JoshSweetvale]

​​​It was more than just nonsense. It was "nonwhite people couldn't do masonry above 10ft, thus aliens. Also white people are genetic supermen becuase they've crossbred with psychic viking aliens. And Reptillians are code for Jews." Däniken is either a rascally racist or just copied all their homework.

[@PeteOtton]

Kenny Feder, professor emeritus at Connecticut University read it while he was in college and realized when it was discussing things he knew from his class work to be bs that the whole thing was bs.

[@r.michaelburns112]

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, PA, is AMAZING, very well worth a visit, for the non-squeamish. And you are correct about the pronunciation. As to the nonlocality thing... The physicist David Bohm proposed something like that (a holographic universe) as an explanation to the EPR "Paradox" which is about the issue of quantum entanglement. As I understand it, Bohm's theory was later experimentally disproved, but the concept of a holographic universe seems to be making a comeback lately. His book "Wholeness and the Implicate Order" is an interesting read, anyway...

[@Bextie]

I call that look 'please make a video where you share plentiful fashion tips because that fit rocks'

[@daniellechance5838]

As someone with aphantasia, I honestly think you're onto something! I am constantly baffled and amazed (and jealous) when I hear what people can do with their weird brain super power visualization thingy

[@KitBrutnell]

Amazing Episode as ever! I've always avoided AA cos of the inherent racism with the whole idea of it. You are looking fab today! I also noticed in another ep you said your from the New Forest! Right around the corner from me, Its such a beautiful place, and tbh it explain the chaotic goblin energy!

[@DaveLH]

25:14 -- I think it's worth noting that there's a whole episode of "Columbo" around this theme ("Columbo Goes to the Guillotine") -- The villain claims to be capable of psychic remote viewing, and Columbo exposes him as a fraud after figuring out how he does it. Good episode.

[@Strykenine]

When I would dress like that back when I had an office job (I'd wear a tie too to finish off the look) my coworkers would tell me not to go to any of the K-8 schools (it was a school district) because I'd get in trouble for cutting class. It was a kind of cruelty that you can only find in people who love you. Or are just bastards.

[@sarahr8311]

I feel for you. After graduating college (I was 21), I went to work at an education center. The group of kids visiting that week were 7th graders. Apparently the kitchen staff thought for several days that I was one of the 7th graders (aged 12-13), rather than a new staff member.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

22:13 I happened to be picking up my glass as you said that.

[@fez-._.-zik]

I always thought the entire point of Ancient Aliens was to trick people into developing critical thinking skills. They do a really good job of creating a narrative with deeply flawed logic, and since they cover such a broad range of subjects and locations, almost everyone who might get duped by a couple episodes is bound to come across something *they* know is insane. They make everything about aliens: religions, historic events, wars, celebrities, every scientific field... It would be impossible to believe every episode of AA without contradicting its own lore even!

[@FreeXenon]

"do muffins have advanced alien technology to bring joy to humans"

[@chrisdurhammusicchannel]

"Could it be possible" that Ancient Aliens is just Codswallop???

[@Max_Mustermann]

Remote viewing does work though. There are computer programs one can use to view one's Windows desktop remotely and I've been told by ancient astronaut theorists that they are based on alien technology.

[@madcatdad42]

loving the 70's junior school teacher vibe.

[@adamdaniels4797]

Talking of Aphantasia, I have a mild Aphantasia, can't visualise things in my mind. There are people that can't experience anything physical purely in their mind, for more extreme Aphantasia. So why can't some people have an extreme imagination in the other direction? Superphantasia, perhaps? See I can do questions too.

[@loki6626]

My favourite episode talked about the biblical story of Jonah and the whale. "Was Jonah actually abducted by aliens in a sub-aquatic craft?" (They always talk in rhetorical questions).

[@RichWoods23]

Betteridge's Law of Headlines.

[@simond.455]

Emma: No. 😆

[@whoviating]

They do that to avoid having responsibility for any answer. "Hey, I'm only asking questions."

[@TsunamiBeefPies]

You are a courageous soul. I could never even sit through ten minutes of that show. I think that's how long it would take me to make the transition from laughter to disgust. But you took it on the chin for all of us, Emma, and that's why we love you! As usual, you had me laughing hard several times, but the recurring "No. Thank you for asking." schtick was truly inspired. Thank you, as always, Emma! Also, if Connla is going to be a regular feature again, you will get no argument from me!

[@MinionofNobody]

I was going to write a book that responds to “ancient alien theorists” but I could not bring myself to repeat the word “nonsense” 80,000 times.

[@alexhajnal107]

For fun I sometimes try to fully debunk one of their episodes in real-time. It's actually pretty difficult to keep up!

[@TheaEllie]

I’d buy it.

[@Ceruleansquid-lo3iv]

You could try some synonyms, but I'm not sure that there are enough words in the English language to not be repetitive. By the third chapter, you might need to start bringing in other languages

[@hobohomunculus1841]

30:05 Emma you will get such a laugh out of looking into Bob Larson!

[@donsample1002]

The funnest thing about Einstein’s “biggest blunder” is that when astronomers discovered that the expansion of the universe was accelerating, they put the cosmological constant back into the equations for General Relativity. He was right the first time.

[@Felizhja]

Ancient astronaut theorist say YES!. To absolutely every wild theory you can think about.

[@turquoiseturkey7824]

I had to take out a second mortgage on my house in order to pay for my Magic Spoon cereal

[@gazepskotzs4]

But how do they taste?

[@Sp4mMe]

Probably like sawdust and cardboard given that apparently they consist primarily of the same thing that ancient alien theorists base their theories on - nothing.

[@hamtrucker]

I love the use of dramatic music, and tone of voice. Like it makes you more creditable. Got to love it.

[@CodeNameX001]

"They never say their GODS came from across the ocean, or from the mountains." -Jason Martell Jason, that's just wrong on it's face. The Egyptian creator, Atum, was hatched from an egg sitting in the primordial waters. The Norse Gods were mostly descended from the Jotunn, who were descended from Ymir, who was born from a yeasty venom that dripped from the icy rivers of the void called "Ginnungagap". Even the Greek Gods lived on Mt. Olympus, and when they were born from "Chaos", that was the name of an actual person. Many Native American myths believe that the world simply is and always was, and that everything from it an on it just metamorphosis into new worlds. In a lot of religions, Gods aren't literal beings, their ideas and concepts that've taken spiritual form; and the entire idea of "Gods" is an incredibly Western centric thought.

[@Hamokk]

Ancient Aliens was always a show which you could watch without a brain. Like someone commented a great background noise when you try to fall asleep. The cartoon Emma looks adorable ❤.

[@lobachevscki]

You should check Girl Define (or the girls that used to do it), one of them (dont remember the name) is going through a very interesting, very lovely and very transforming era of deconstruction and i think this transformation deserves attention as well. Take care.

[@Thanks-Again]

People in bars bring up ancient aliens when they find out that I read historical literature 🥴

[@czipcok1994]

45 second in, and I've got to say that this thing with your hair is the most relatable thing to me, I have ever hear you say

[@pattheplanter]

As someone with a lump of hair on the back of my head going in a different direction from all the rest since I woke up this morning, I agree.

[@sydmm-ui8hm]

As someone who watched this show as a kid with my siblings, we always viewed it as rage bait content. We did the little kid version of turning it into a drinking game, which is to say, we loudly complained and bemouned the lack of logic and connection everytime the dude with the intense hair made a new leading question/pronouncement. It was doubly rage inducing as one of us was super into both archaeology and history media, and thus usually knew what the actual experts had to say about the topic that was in the episode of the week.

[@Scatscar1985]

This Star Gate sounds much less fun than Roland Emmerich's...