Top 10 Bizarre Alternate Theories of History

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For this list, we’re looking at those theories that people once, or somehow still do, believe about the past. However, we’re not including prophecies, such as the prediction of the end of the world in 2012, nor are we including creation myths, like the idea that we all live on the back of a turtle.
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[@whizzerow]

Let’s be honest- we all watch these videos at 3 am before school, before work, or if we need to study/do something really important

[@owmystomachhurts]

You don't KNOW ME

[@alyssastewart738]

Lmaooooo I looked and it’s literally EXACTLY 3am RIGHT NOW this was actually strange

[@SumitBara]

04:37AM currently in India. 🤣

[@bellam4602]

Izzazius or when we’re bored during quarantine.

[@dakotalee0212]

It’s currently 1:15 pm in oklahoma

[@MiSSJUiCEBOXXLiVE]

If we are in a simulation I’ll be so pissed.. I want a new character!

[@ObiWansPP]

I know right, my character arc sucks

[@mitchrijkaard6757]

Hi Miss Phoenix, are you from Arizona?

[@MiSSJUiCEBOXXLiVE]

Mitch Rijkaard I’m not but I lived there years ago..but the name comes from X-men and it’s old as shit lol.

[@MiSSJUiCEBOXXLiVE]

Mike Hawk lmaoooo

[@MiSSJUiCEBOXXLiVE]

Da Sheep right me too!

[@AkChiVibes]

When I was little I thought the stars were holes so we could breathe 🤣

[@Topofthetopapex]

Kimberly Barnum 🤣🤣🤣

[@ramiroelgueta5198]

what if they are....?

[@kessiawright1710]

One of my brother's used to say that stars were girls because they were winking at him. He was five.

[@dedeferreira98]

Thats some scary shit

[@ocdplaylistmaker7032]

Maybe you got the idea from punching breathing holes in a box for captured organisms, then imagined yourself in one

[@ers586]

My favorite bizarre theory is that flying saucers are actually time machines; that the so-called aliens who pilot such vessels are our far distant descendants who are here to observe their past.

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

Our descendants have a fucked up sense of entertainment, if that's how they're spending their free time... Kind of an interesting method of education, though.

[@dadsmidnightcreation6794]

stop smoking crack

[@bryanergau6682]

That would mean that people survived World War 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 1/2, 7, and the Battle of New New Jersey.....interesting the places we can find hope.....

[@Kingofthewildfrontierr]

@@bryanergau6682 hahahahahahaha

[@fushion999]

​@@taxat10n1sth3ft Are you kidding me?? It would be super interesting to travel back in time.

[@anguseverist4178]

Imagine if during the space race we spent so much to launch a satellite into space and it just smashed into the sky ceiling.

[@dadsmidnightcreation6794]

dnt smoke crack

[@bryanergau6682]

Cough....cough....Space Shuttle Challenger..cough...cough

[@brianbrewer5371]

Lolo

[@deanclark3736]

I'll tell you what's amazing there's supposed to be thousands of these satellites orbiting earth and amazingly non of them crash into each other

[@marcuscowles3384]

@@deanclark3736 yes, yes they do

[@SarudeDanstorm]

The zoo theory or something similar actually kinda makes sense, especially with all of those vague UFO sightings that are always covered up or never confirmed.

[@williammatthews693]

Personally I was hoping you would cover some alternative history theories like Romans being the first Europeans to find America or something like that.

[@joshuatraffanstedt2695]

This is why time travel would be disastrous. One small different move could completely rewrite history. Like imagine all of the major battles that were won by small and simple mishaps by the losing sides or small but great moves by the winning sides. Had those things went differently, who knows how the world would be today.

[@jonmay4540]

i like the way everyone on youtube is smarter than everyone on youtube

[@edwardm.500]

There are some smart people on KZbin. However, you and I are decidedly the most smartest.

[@Rekko82]

I am the smartest! Over the top!

[@jerethejeremiah3098]

Alpha status!

[@deeh1127]

It's not just youtube. It's everyone is smarter than everyone everywhere since the beginning of time. Go out & talk to people & find out.

[@kcthompson445]

everybody thinks they know everything thats what i hate too

[@isaiahhevner3187]

2012 didn't predict the end of the world. It marked when the Mayan calendar would start over.

[@richarddeese1991]

Yes, but people are stupid - AND the press is all too happy NOT to correct the mistake, but rather to perpetuate misinformation for their own ratings. tavi.

[@mannylugz5872]

I feel sorry for all those people who committed mass suicide thinking the earth will end in 2012.

[@RedSkysAreOnFire]

five ages and we are now living in the sixth Mayan age, although the ancient alien lot, keep referring to the 5th age as the 3rd age, or the fourth age depends on which one they interview at the time.

[@arsalann788]

@@mannylugz5872 Don't be, they didn't miss much...

[@willtipton100]

@@RedSkysAreOnFire they kept on throwing shit in from Aztec mythology and timekeeping too. The calendars were similar but not the same, and their mythologies were fairly different, and people were just throwing it all together to unify the narrative of a bunch of moronic conspiracy theories and dress them up as ancient mythology

[@jaquelincolon9186]

All i know is we cant be the only ones out here in space.

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

Unless space is something else.

[@thecanadianmystic]

the ancient Egyptians didn't think the sky was a ceiling. they knew about space.

[@dane.302]

Space? Tell me why you say this....

[@kylepirko9251]

@Martin Jones the fuel itself has the oxygen in it. Look it up.

[@pelagic6]

@Martin Jones You fucking moron, you bring oxidizer for the fuel with the ship lmfao!! That's how it's always been done because there is NO oxygen in space, there is no atmosphere.

[@aaroncross5228]

Derrrrr how did they know abt space?????? Well dumb shit they aligned their pyramids w stars for once also look at the hyrogliphics

[@nicolasb7795]

Kyle Pirko I can’t believe people like you exist

[@ragmondead]

These really are not theories of history so much as theories of geography. Why not go with, 'the twelve hundreds never happened'

[@jordan3012000]

IKR

[@chriss.9398]

+BjornV1994 Yeah that one is not necessarily a theory though but more objectively the truth. However, I guess when propaganda and political motives becomes mainstream "facts" then the general consensus changes from the objective truth and it becomes a theory.

[@Thebossstage1]

+Chris S. What do you mean, of course it happened

[@lightszilla8453]

Ikr

[@jolori4422]

+Kevin Lee sure because blowing up busses and stabbing innocent people is kind

[@notadogorcat]

I don't think you know what the word "History" means lol.

[@karlhans6678]

Alternate theories of reality*

[@briancoleman1835]

Yes I do it means his storyline from the winner

[@briancoleman1835]

Dingus

[@disayamckay6722]

Then how about you describe what it means.

[@djkanels2311]

@@disayamckay6722 History 2.1 Noun English English Wikipedia has articles on: history Alternative forms historie (obsolete) hystory (nonstandard) hystorie (obsolete) Etymology From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Compare story. Attested in Middle English in 1393 by John Gower, Confessio Amantis,[1] which was aimed at an educated audience familiar with French and Latin. Pronunciation enPR: hĭsʹt(ə)rē, hĭsʹtrĭ, IPA(key): /ˈhɪst(ə)ɹi/, /ˈhɪst(ə)ɹɪ/ Audio (US) MENU0:00 Audio (UK) MENU0:00 Hyphenation: hist‧to‧ry, hist‧ory Noun English Wikipedia has an article on: history Wikiversity has a lecture on History history (countable and uncountable, plural histories) The aggregate of past events. History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes. The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events. He teaches history at the university. History will not look kindly on these tyrants. He dreams of an invention that will make history. (countable) A set of events involving an entity. What is your medical history? The family's history includes events best forgotten. (countable) A record or narrative description of past events. I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories. (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family. A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy. He has a history of cancer in his family. (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser. I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history. (informal) Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant. I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history. (uncountable) Shared experience or interaction. There is too much history between them for them to split up now. He has had a lot of history with the police. Just so you know for next time, dictionaries are accessible to everyone... If you don't know what a word means, just look it up...

[@hollyhartwick3832]

The title says “Theories of History”. Half the entries aren’t even about history, but rather about cosmology. History is the events of the past, not the structure and functioning of the Earth and universe.

[@philswift795]

They should have made the title "the history of theories"

[@hollyhartwick3832]

@@philswift795 - Any number of other titles might have been more suitable. Maybe something like “oddball theories throughout history” or some such. I wonder if the inclusion of cosmology ones may just be that they didn’t have enough material with just history, so they threw in some other stuff to lengthen the video. Then again, maybe they just don’t know the difference between history and cosmology.

[@patrickwagner98]

Can't we just send a flat earther up in space for free to finally shut them up? I'm sure all the others would say they switched sides though.

[@liquidswords9540]

Patrick Wagner they’d just say it was a simulation

[@Logan_Baron]

"He was a plant. He didn't really support the fact that the earth is flat. He was in on the conspiracy all along" "They brainwashed him. MKULTRA". "They replaced him with a doppelganger" "They paid him off" "They threatened his family if he didn't claim he went to space and saw a globe earth".

[@TyTy06]

We can’t because we’ve never been. How come we’ve been to the moon but can’t go again🤔? bEcAusE oF MoNey, yea... somethings not adding up.

[@TheUrantia001]

moron

[@TheUrantia001]

@Cory Holt so where you live doesn't Matter? strange person

[@MasterExploder61]

I lost it when she said that John Quincy Adams supported an expedition to the North Pole Hole.

[@brendanbeatty2955]

Not that I'm trying to defend the ancient alien theory (in not) but gold can be used for a ton of different applications. From top shelf microchips to radiations shields. Gold is more than just a shiny metal so of course aliens would have a use for gold.

[@myfriendsean]

+Brendan Beatty Seriously. It's non-magnectic, very malleable and conducts heat rather well

[@brendanbeatty2955]

I know right? It's more than just a decoration which is what they were implying. If I were an Alien species I'd be looking for gold wherever I could find it.

[@Xunkun]

+Brendan Beatty Then they missed a _fuckton_ of it. There's about enough gold on this planet, we can *plate the surface a meter deep.* ...................... trick is that it&'s mostly in the core. Beyond the reach of current human technology. But _surely_ such advanced aliens could have the tech to get to it, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight? But if you honestly believe aliens were here on earth--- I don't doubt they _exist,_ Fermi Paradox notwithstanding (tl;dr: "Where the fuck is everybody??"), but a solid knowledge of science lets you know how fucking huge the universe is: they're just elsewhere--- that humans weren't that smart enough to figure out modern technology and techniques (you know... the _exact same process_ that modern humans used to figure out modern technology and techniques), that you *require* an even more advanced being to teach them, be it Jesus or Xenu-- which in themselves then requires a even more complex being, if beings aren't naturally as smart as you think they can be-- then why did Jesus seem to fuck off in personal appearances as soon as the video camera was invented, and the aliens seemed to have fucked off as soon as HD became the recording standard (and apparently a lot of the epileptic/Alzheimer/seizure patients who love espressos and happen to carry camcorders everywhere have died off and stopped filming reflections and shiny clouds)? Since they missed so much gold, and had an interest in ruling us: why'd they leave? Hell, Doctor Who presents a more plausible theory: He tricked one of The Silence into ordering us to kill them all on sight. Guess they weren't so advanced after all.

[@brendanbeatty2955]

+Xuncu I wasn't implying the ancient alien theory is true ( though I would rather believe in IT then any religious theories) I was just saying that aliens (which undoubtedly exist, just most likely havnt visited us) would have a reason to want a source of gold on an uninhabitable planet unlike what the video claims.

[@alzahranihamod3433]

yeah you are right but the only problem in that theory is if the aliens doesnt know anything but than gold but there is a shit tons of materiels and other metalic components in outer space that would put gold to shame that have better effects than gold and the space has a lot of radiation s that would make most metal build resistance for it

[@notravelerreturns7903]

A few of these make more sense than what we taught in school.

[@brinkleybrinkley8366]

I like the zoo theory. Because i always thought that visiting alien space craft are full of adolescents on field trips!

[@sassythesasquatch6847]

There was a theory going about stating how WatchMojo still has ideas, I think that should be #1.

[@PB-Trinity]

+Stannis Baratheon Well, what do you know. Looks like Brienne didn't kill you after all...

[@sassythesasquatch6847]

pieckoyt Aye.

[@Phoenix2312]

+Stannis Baratheon LMAO! Yes I have to agree there... Have you also noticed they keep with the Mantra of "We Upload new Top 10 Lists Every Day" I counted a total of 5 Uploads yesterday alone, this is the forth today... Methinks WatchMojo are trying too hard!!! One a DAY!!! THAT'S ENOUGH!

[@sassythesasquatch6847]

Warren Marris Meesa also think watchmojo spam alot

[@hacentric4505]

It has FEWER ideas

[@80sgirl96]

I just knew that Giorgio Tsoukalos was going to make an appearance.

[@michaelrandall4862]

It's in his contract.

[@gratemusic3008]

Legend 😉

[@etonbachs4226]

Somebody needs to give that guy a hair brush.

[@digemsmacks5690]

That very last clip of him was way back.. pre high hair

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Dig'em Smacks right he was all awkward even more so then

[@peterlewerin4213]

1:03 Garbage Origin 1:49 Zoo Origin 2:30 Simulation Origin 3:28 Growing Earth Model 4:24 Firmament Model (Sky Is a Ceiling) 5:02 Hollow Earth Model 5:50 Annunaki Aliens Governance 6:35 Illuminati Governance 7:43 Submergence Model (Lemuria and Atlantis) 8:50 Flat Earth Model Sorry for changing the titles, I just hate to see "theory", "hypothesis", etc used in a context like this. I've grouped ideas about the origin of life as Origins, ideas about the shape of the Earth as Models, and ideas about how humanity history might have been governed as Governances. Simulation Origin would really mean that life only exists in the simulation, while in a Matrix Simulation only the human experience of life ("life as we know it") is provided by the simulation.

[@Dixieland-kj4yu]

Thanks!!

[@dadsmidnightcreation6794]

8.51 your a bellend

[@lijana]

I believe something is wrong with the title of this video. These are not theories of history.

[@saintbabylon7250]

The Zoo status theory is the one that I put together on my own since I got really into aliens when I was around 14 and honestly since then I only stuck by that theory but only got more interesting with it. I just don't see it being up to us for contact especially if there is life much more far advance. Another one is that Aliens are humans from the future who are planetless who evolved into the beings they are now with the pale skin & huge eyes due to living only in space for so long. Their bodies honestly don't shiw any signs of ever leaving a space ship. They look so fragile & mostly intelligence.

[@paulmadryga]

6:00 - "the History Channel"... Gosh, what a misnomer..

[@brianmead7556]

+Paul Madryga Remember when they were all about Rock'n'Roll and Nazis and Soviets and Romans and Samurai? Those were the days.

[@notthisprickagain8499]

+Brian Mead oh I'm sure they manage to squeeze in nazis everyday somehow

[@ravishingelite]

Ancient Aliens is hilarious... I find it quite enjoyable Along with Conspiracy Files and Alien Files

[@javierreyes9323]

ravishingelite Well it's not as much ancient aliens but the first aliens we ever encountered and to us our first Gods and yes weirdly enough they are in the history books for some reason. Mainly because everything we got came from ancient Samaria such as writing, the wheel, mining and garden tools, and the first Gods.

[@emmettmay8704]

'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.'

[@acupofsoda2443]

Atlantis was a costal civilization that was lost due to rising sea levels during the end of the younger dryas era

[@incrediblesrinkingman293]

I am TOTALLY with the "humans evolved from alien medical waste" hypothesis lmmfao

[@dvepps6780]

well, Darwin wasn't around when plate tectonics was accepted

[@maheshwillscrewu]

The guy in the end was that crazy hair dude from Ancient Aliens tv series..!? haha

[@nostrum6410]

almost didnt recognize him

[@plaguedsoul]

He looks like him! I want to know too lol

[@TomcribbLemon]

giorgio

[@sinisterminister6478]

Yup it's Georgio Tsukolas. He actually purposely does his hair like that.

[@berndstielau3675]

@@sinisterminister6478 Tsoukalos. Allways helping ;)

[@thomasisrael1636]

The Zoo Hypothesis is used in the "Star Trek" Universe as well.

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

Wow, that Darwin dude had all kinds of weird theories.

[@Joelhzy]

The only Darwin I knew was from Amazing world of Gumball

[@Skippa1986]

People have known the Earth is round since the ancient greeks.

[@yoloman5610]

yea but people always deny things and dont want to listen to evidence or stuff

[@Holy_Hobo]

+yolo man coughreligioncough

[@Thebossstage1]

+Holy Hobo lol

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Yes, it is a popular modern myth to think that the people in the middle ages (or especially the church) believed in a flat earth.

[@almahperditae]

+Skippa1986 People always knew Earth was round. it's not hard, you just need a mountain, or a big flat field, and you see the planet curvature. If you stay long enough looking to the stars, you'll see the stars rotating in the sky. Even ancient drawings show the sky as a globe above the earth. What pople don't know, was how big it was (they know in ancient greece), and that the sky wasn't a ceiling above the earth, but just empty space and the stars where far far far away. but the "the earth is flat" is a mith very recent. No one ever believe that.

[@RRW359]

I thought this was going to be more about weird theories on historical events, like phantom time and such. Also, Phlox was in 2012? I kind of want to see it now.

[@LukeDodge916]

@ 3:39 Charles Darwin going full on Darkseid cosplay...

[@liberty-cy7li]

The Anunaki took our gold coz they all rock bangin' grilles!!

[@RolyWestYT]

Well one day we will make a game that is full of artificial intelligence so why can't we be that from another life?

[@DBarnes9009]

Craziest things about the Annunaki is they "wanted us to mine gold because their ozone was destroyed and the needed to hang gold particles in the air to reflect back light." but whats insane is that actually would work...

[@bryanergau6682]

Here's my problem with that....the way they capture gold is by exploiting the fact that gold is heavy, on a molecular level. So heavy gold particles floating in the atmosphere doesn't really jive.

[@donaldchristensen9866]

One of my favorites is the cave of the grand Canyon said to hold the arc of the covident & many more treasures of history

[@aahollywood1]

Excellent...Let the gatekeeping flow through you .

[@MarkBrockman]

History books never mention Taco Bell. Never.

[@briangomez9119]

My Theory: We died a long time ago and are just reliving our memories like dreams.

[@Brousey]

@Old Snake you didnt have a choice... you commented

[@okay_fiz0738]

Brian Gomez not your theory but alright

[@JoeyWheelerFuqs]

gnarley dude!

[@conqurr]

We've done more in the last 200 yrs than we've done in all of history. Went from out houses to indoor plumbing and then internet and outer space in a blink of an eye

[@jc.1191]

I thank God every day I live indoors with electricity and water! That must have sucked.

[@adrianboudry8131]

My top alternate version of history: PlayStation gave us good games on ps+

[@jordan3012000]

IKR

[@mikemacdubhghaill8828]

Rocket League is pretty good, but anything else is pretty awful

[@jakeredmond3]

lol xbox gettin trple A's every few month haha

[@mikemacdubhghaill8828]

+Frizzy-haired Black dude Oh so that's why they're doing so much better financialy...Oh wait xD

[@TheMrGeero]

Screw that, long live the PC masterrace!

[@yorickaname9475]

The flat earth is hollow and cream filled...

[@benhollerbach3564]

Yorick Aname If Bavarian cream I’m digging my way to China!

[@angelrenate]

Lmao

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

If it's flat, how is it hollow?

[@angelrenate]

@@chairmanofthebored6860 rectangular prism?

[@tomasr.2945]

... with a hard, crunchy layer and a soft, nougaty inside, it's the perfect snack!

[@Nouta1]

The most we believe about alien technology as a whole species is that they use magnetive technology. Perhaps that's where gold comes in handy for them. If I'm not mistaken it can conduct electricity and under specific circumstances become unconductibe. It certainly will not be pulled apart by magnets any time soon, and is easier to shape as a soft metal than copper. If they're traveling far distances by light years and using any form of teleportation then gold will stretch but hold it's shape much better than copper would.

[@michaelfisher477]

Consider the following possibility... The more you depart from the Truth, The more bizarre the world becomes.

[@hyenasuperiority9069]

illuminate is number 3? was that a coincidence or on purpose.

[@Phoenix2312]

+xXshadowcraftXx LMAO! I bet WatchMojo do not even know how significant that is!!!

[@fightapathyordont8931]

+Warren “Phoenix” Marris Maybe because they are the Illuminati 0.0

[@user_3811]

Watchmojo=Illuminati

[@generictheeric]

Illuminati confirmed

[@hyenasuperiority9069]

don't forget da proof! watchmojo has 3 syllables.

[@kylecastaneda4447]

Yeah guys, never question anything. We already know the answer to everything, right?

[@jr-bw1lt]

That's a bit extreme considering how bizzare these theories are

[@ianrobson9601]

@@jr-bw1lt I think he was being sarcastic mate.

[@jr-bw1lt]

@@ianrobson9601 you never know...

[@dtvivo]

True enough kyle this is the most ignorant gen and we asume we know it all but in reality ther are things we could never possibly underatand becuase we no longer think out side the box assuming ther isnt anything more then what we cansee and touch but ther is a great biblical like i love which is "how can i explain to you heavenly things, when you cant/wont understand earthly things"

[@indiaxlovee]

j r lies can big so large

[@andigriffin1957]

I like yalls videos.

[@chaos_opossum]

Guys in the Mayan calander, 2012 wasn't 2012, this year of 2020 is 2012. Their calendar doesn't match with ours.

[@availanila]

Explains a lot!! 🤔

[@Gronk79]

The Mayans were not warning us about the year 2012, they were warning us about the terrible movie 2012!

[@YugSihtTsuj]

The Mayans weren't predicting the end of the world. Their calendar stops at 2012 for the same reason the calendar on your wall stops at December 31.

[@hazarhux5680]

Theory No. 1 - Many believe the Earth is round. Actually It is a sphere...

[@albertolaurella9168]

actually it's a geodetic

[@pritishsalian8983]

+Alberto Laurella it's not exactly a sphere. It is bulged and flat in some sides

[@albertolaurella9168]

NU DA TRUTH HAS TO BE HIDDEN! KILL HIM KILL HIM!!!!

[@xavieralvarenga2945]

Hazar Hux you are dumb it is in the shape of a dinosaur

[@BaldingClamydia]

Hazar Hux actually it's an oblate speroid lol

[@FredSlocombe]

The earth still collects meteors and dust from space so its mass is increasing, but not by much.

[@nowonmetube]

That's how dinosaurs, plants and insects could have been so big, because gravity was also lower back then 🤔 Just maybe... Or the oxygen content (or other gases in our atmosphere) had a different ratio.

[@Brousey]

@Zs Games i love how you 3 state what was.... you dont have a fckn clue, noone does...

[@stealthlord6614]

3:15 if I'm a SIM I am one of the most BORING sim lol

[@CamaroMan514]

I find it interesting how the tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean is the only one of which that does not contain a continental land mass. That being said, recent submerged ventures have brought forth the discovery of continental earth under the Pacific Ocean!

[@sebastiangomez1700]

I love how the narrator so boldly dismisses these theories and hypothesis as if she actually knows a damn thing.

[@thickymicky1]

I dislike her

[@informationoverload2487]

they're all wrong anyway

[@Tsg2364]

Sebastian Gomez I love how there are actual idiots who believe in any of these theories that she presented

[@pacific7775]

Narrator is a sheep

[@psychonaut1829]

the first few at least are mostly respected theories by most scientists.

[@jonq8714]

1a: That United States is a democracy.

[@brutusjudas5842]

jon Q , good one. Constitutional Republic with Democratically elected officials FTW.

[@Ones_Complement]

Flat-earther's search string: "photo of satellite" "See, no pictures of Earth."

[@noreasons6709]

Throwback mojo always the best

[@carissstewart3211]

Sad thing is, 500 years ago everyone knew the earth was round. In fact, it had been pretty well established in Europe by the 8th century AD. The idea that Medieval scholars believed the contrary was an invention of the Enlightenment period.

[@trollcommando2]

+Jason Case It shouldn't have to take the Mythbusters to disprove that kind of stuff...

[@jasoncase9481]

WeShudInvadIran YoloSwag Yes but if persons want to hold onto garbage then it can be tested by Mythbusters so maybe they finally accept the truth. It wouldn't be necessary if a large amount of persons just gave the hell up of the damn wrong conspiracy theory.

[@phoenixjz4782]

+Cariss Stewart Entirely true. The Enlightenment scholars, bizarrely, loved to see the Medieval eras as a total dark age, and discredited from much. In reality, much knowledge was retained from the classical era. Amusingly though, children are still taught in school that Columbus finally proved the world was round when he sailed to America, believing he would end up in Asia. Of course, no one stops to wonder how that even proves anything, seeing as not reaching Asia, but rather a land in-between them, would hurt the idea the earth was round... EXCEPT IT WAS ALREADY COMMON KNOWLEDGE!

[@scepta101]

Thank you!

[@maxhydekyle2425]

+Phoenix jz It's not strange really, every generation wants to think they're the best.

[@TheAlystraStardust]

I kind of believe the zoo theory or the matrix theory. But I'm weird.

[@manospondylus4896]

Who isn't?

[@joyusdivisionus]

+Disappointed Turtle damn right.

[@rockinrodney5000]

+TheAlystraStardust Everyone is weird in some way.

[@hockeyking30]

Could be worse at least we don't believe about xenu

[@Ryan-wx8of]

+TheAlystraStardust That's not weird, both are valid solutions to the fermi paradox

[@liar8645]

i think about this everyday and i creep myself out.

[@tw3223]

Jajaj yeah me too specially when its bed time xd

[@bingo1232]

and are you "taking yourself in hand"?

[@christopher-tipstrumleslie6307]

From the looks of it, the earth sustained an impact on the Pacific Ocean side eons ago. Plate tectonics would suggest that the land masses, grouped on one side, would eventually spread around and even out.

[@127Kronos]

I believed In the matrix/simuation theory way before even knowing it was a real thing lol

[@Marie-vi8mw]

127Kronos same I thought of it ever since I was like 5

[@chrissmith1183]

@@Marie-vi8mw I thought of it ever since you were like 4.

[@psychonaut1829]

its actually very realistic.

[@Mason-qv2yg]

@@chrissmith1183 this is wierd how eveyone is thinking about the same thing

[@ricknoyb1613]

Why is it every time technology advances there's a nut job that rationalizes, yup that must be how the universe is, we're inside a giant computer simulation. Why would the conspirators allow the development of said technology? They would just simulate it as impossible to achieve being "they" are in control of the physics in your universe rather than risk exposure. My experience in life is that conspiracy nuts behave in the same manner as compulsive liars. Their lives are so aimless and boring and they are so mentally unable to compete that what they lack in ambition and ingenuity they make up for with volume and preposterousness in an attempt to make other people notice them.

[@adamflux2]

If I travel to Lemuria, will I meet the lemur overlords of that land?

[@johanalstad7768]

Yeah this blew my hat off

[@juliemcneely-kirwan9314]

I loved the Discovery Channel guy with the telltale hair. The wilder the theory he was espousing, the wilder his hair got. Gravity? He looked like Clark Kent. Yetis as alien overlords? His hair was suddenly three times longer and looked like he'd stuck his finger in a socket. Fun narration, fun hair.

[@MrAzkhare]

I like how these theories are just dismissed as "stupid" or "unreasonable" without further argument. I mean, yes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, but that's why it's a theory. If there was proof, they'd be fact.

[@TheAmusingOddities]

Thank goodness none of these are scientific theories lol. Because those are actually true.

[@MrAzkhare]

+TheAmusingOddities What do you mean by "scientific theories"? If you mean "theories supported by scientists or visual proof", then Geocentrism fits the criteria, and it isn't actually true.

[@evbb]

+MrAzkhare Couldn't agree more. The one on the 'growing earth' theory really got to me personally, because they try to dismiss it by simply saying 'but plate tectonics'. What about plate Tectonics? Why are these ideas mutually exclusive? The blind dismissal of legitimate questions is every bit as bad as religious indoctrination, if not worse.

[@sirpharsys6541]

+evbb Also, calling the Egyptians and late scientists stupid is just ignorant... But hey obviously WM can't stop being a PC ass...

[@MrAzkhare]

+evbb There is actually a theory that combines plate tectonics with the expanding earth, proposed by J. Marvin Herndon. Really interesting. And yeah, that's what irks me. The fervent defense of the paradigm, reacting with laughter at new concepts.

[@CaptCutler]

History? No. Theories of reality.

[@MaiAolei]

Spot on, sir!

[@guykruger1]

yap, #s 9, 6, 5, and 1 aren't theories of history, which is quite annoying. I came here for theories of history.

[@lesgraham6602]

Lighthearted or perhaps lightheaded and fun to watch.

[@LowfDog]

Simulation theory actually explains a lot of things, like the fact that there are no aliens out there and certain things in Quantum mechanics.

[@hollysmith4972]

is listening to this video wile playing sims. hears sims mentioned. HOLY FLIP ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED

[@Leto85]

I think Earth is just one big hollow expanding planet created by little green man. With a ceiling. And it is flat.

[@davidchisenhall5001]

you should do more reading and study on a couple of those. Remember Troy?

[@hekstoo5988]

The theory of the extraterrestrials needing gold was that, gold would be used to fix the atmosphere of their planet

[@gunnem7629]

not so long ago,someone had this bizarre theorie that the earth was a sphere.another was the earth revolved around the sun...

[@nektekket852]

"Theory", you guys can never spell, giving some doubt as to your general level of erudition...

[@DeathDealer2469]

What about Plato's theory that the world and all life is just a dream of one entity? The question then becomes, what happens when that person wakes up?

[@robbiejena3735]

Read up on Hindu mythology. The dream of Brahma. It basically says the same thing thousands of years earlier. And that we'd all just fade into his memory. Just like a dream.

[@BahaariTV]

@@robbiejena3735 and that entity has been asleep for millions of years?

[@terecee1204]

The more people I meet, the more convinced I am that we're all Lisa Simpson's tooth in cola experiment.

[@officialpierluk]

6:15 hey that makes me think of Stargate SG-1.. 6:18 show videos of Stargate SG-1 :P

[@TheEdwardNigma]

WatchMojo love Queen, don't they?

[@D4l4m4r]

Thou shalt not confuse "theory" with "hypothesis"!!!! Those are not theories, dammit!

[@cosmonaut379]

dude shut up, a hypothesis IS a theory. By definition.

[@D4l4m4r]

Gavlick Apthesycerski - No its not. Both are scientific terms with very clear definitions. So, please do your research before you tell me to shut up.

[@cosmonaut379]

D4l4m4r all hypothesis are theories ...

[@D4l4m4r]

Its the other way round. Every theory has been a hypothesis at some point. A theory is defined as a hypothesis that has been successfully tested on several occasions. So a theory is widely regarded as "truth" until something better comes along. Thats why the vast majority of people accept the theory of Evolution by natural selection as truth. A hypothesis, however, is just an idea how something could have worked. Until it has been succesfully tested (either by experiment or by prediction), its only a hypothesis not a theory. This is basicly what we scientist call "the scientific method" and you might wanna google that.

[@jack_the_sparrow]

Pretty much this. An even more basic distinction is that a 'theory' attempts to explain multiple occurrences, and 'hypothesis' a single occurrence.

[@jottka6410]

#4 Of course could gold be interesting for aliens. It has unique features for technical uses. But I could imagine, that there are many places in the space with far more gold than the Earth.

[@adot704]

6:29 gold is actually a really good conductor of electricity, even better than copper. So maybe they mined some gold to build their spacecrafts

[@911Salvage]

I just found out my brother was adopted. That's shocking.

[@alanbear6505]

If the simulation hypothesis is true, then my programmer is a big jerk.

[@ivopoulsen]

6:27-29 cause gold is a good electric conductor for like computer components, it can reflect radiation you know which there is a lot of in space.

[@jaestewart1893]

what i really wanna know is what measurable system was used to determine how "bizarre" the theories are tho?

[@ConradProteus]

why gold? because science fact: gold is best conductor on earth, it is used in computers and components

[@beenaplumber8379]

superconducting ceramics.

[@frogwithafez3977]

False: The most conductive material is Silver www.reference.com/science/metal-conductor-electricity-91474a846e7dc6ef

[@sharedaccount8543]

Well if we discover that solid metallic hydrogen can exist at room temparature and pressures, then there really is no point to mine gold for electronics.

[@kcthompson445]

also spacecraft need it to protect against radiation

[@StacieMMeier]

I have to agree, it is one item we look for in space. It is a very protective metal. Though, I doubt Aliens would come to Earth for something that appears very common on other planets including Mars.

[@monetfanboy]

People still believe that the earth is flat I mean wow just wow

[@devonlovett5065]

Idiot parents teaching kids to be idiots are the reason beliefs like that are still around

[@evangelos9660]

Cool video! I believe the Ancient Aliens to an extent it's the only thing that can explain what religion can't. Also I think it is likely that the two continents could have existed at one point. Although I don't think limeria (however its spelled) was in the Pacific Ocean. Just the Indian Ocean.

[@e7danny7m]

religion already explains everything it is to explain, no aliens needed

[@andrewscore7125]

5:40 I believe the only reason he stopped it was because he was convinced the earth was flat

[@JK-vp2ux]

I remember a :"science" book in my elementary school that held continental drift up as an example of a nutty theory. Oops.

[@jc.1191]

Woah. That's old

[@coyoteartist]

and is that simulation run by mice?

[@markmathews2143]

The simulation hypothesis was a bit of a stretch. Given a couple of circumstances it becomes improbable that we live in the real universe as opposed to the billions of simulations and is mathematically viable. it is also one of the major interpretations of quantum mechanics along with the copenhagen interpretation and the many worlds theory.

[@vehafvays5767]

I like the theory that a television transmitter with a maximum possible broadcast power of 4 kW managed a continuous and flawless TV picture from 238,000 miles away. Also the one about tens of thousands of complex organic chemical reactions occurring in a microscopic space, in just the right order, to produce the first cell, by random chance. Or that nothing exploded and produced everything. Hurr de durr.

[@nicotopcat1188]

I'm caught up between the Earth being flat, round, or hollow? To be quite honest I wouldn't be surprised to find out that I really have no idea what the correct theory is! I find out that I was lied to when I was a kid in school, about everything. "The answer is blowin' in the wind," I guess it is something like Bob Dylan said so many years ago. Truth is an elusive concept. Perspective is so different from person to person. I used to think I knew a lot. I was incorrect.

[@chrissymayhew6059]

I completely agree...u know nothing. Lol jk. I feel exactly the same way. What's beginning to bother me about my most recent concept however, is this the conclusion we are intended to come upon? That we know nothing and that the truth really doesn't exist? Also, if that is the case, then should we assume that our first assumptions were correct just because there are those that would have us believe the opposite??

[@craigyoung3994]

The one that gets me is that how do you know that everything out of your field of sight exists. You close a door and nothing is on the other side until you see it or hear it? How do I know you actually exist or just projections from my brain.

[@BaldingClamydia]

Craig Young well we see everything on a slight delay AND we are just seeing our brain's interpretation of light, so you can't know. You might like some videos from the World Science Festival, they gather panels of scientists and a philosopher to talk about all sorts of stuff. They sometimes speak like you

[@JoeBonez]

How do I know that the color blue to me is the same as the color blue to you? Middle school stoner thoughts. There is an objective reality.

[@BaldingClamydia]

@@JoeBonez stoner thought and deep level science thoughts. :D Saw someone talking about it on World Science Festival's channel. We don't know that we see anything the way anyone else does. What really gets me is how nothing actually exists the way we see it, that's just our brain's interpretation of light waves and such. AND we are on a like 7 microsecond delay; everything that we see happened in the past, technically. Science is kind of terrifying :D

[@iggymorts7086]

Craig Young Great observation especially now, 3 yrs later and Schrödinger’s cat theory has come about into the mainstream.

[@jc.1191]

Object permanence... Google it

[@jonny5777]

I love the history channel it's the best source of pure fiction on TV

[@dtigert233]

We are not the first inhabitants of this old planet and we won't be the last, it's simply our turn