I enjoyed the show for a few episodes back in the day, but it became clear that they were going to "find" aliens in every bit of archaeology they came across. The leaps to some image of a dude in a headdress/hat or carrying a stick being clearly an ancient astronaut or alien with a laser gun or other incredulous leaps of logic.
I have been pretty upfront in the past. I 100% am certain there are humanoids that have technology and craft that is beyond ordinary human tech. That said, I am extremely thorough about ruling out other things or simply stating "neat story or neat pic, but it's unfortunately useless as far as evidence goes" when it isn't truly compelling or just too "useless".
Von Daniken is no worse than anyone else on the show, but he regularly has good theories and wants to look at things from alternative angles, but he simply doesn't have the expertise and level-headedness to not run to the finish line with every odd theory. If it's a structure, it surely aligned with some important star at some point in the past. Guess what. Any two points can be pulled from corners and features to point to just about anything at some point in time.
It's not that none of those things are true or that the theories are absolutely wrong, but that the evidence just isn't there to say that such and such was definitely looking at the Pleiades in 2700 BC. It could just as well have been an estate owner putting a bunch of big rocks around his driveway so drunk idiots didn't run their chariot through the fancy gardens.
The overwhelming majority of archaeological sites are human -- even the odd ones. The techniques they used are not always what "they" claim, and the time periods are often jumbled or even way off. That said, not everything is purely human-made.
My feeling is when disclosure happens, it won't actually matter any more. Aliens are being weeded out and in the future and will no longer be a part of this system.
My personal feeling is that tools other than stone/copper/bronze are just far more likely to disappear over time. Oxidation to nothing recognizable happens quickly with anything iron. Not to mention it would be far more valuable to reuse/recycle more advanced tool materials. The stuff that is left is the stone, copper, bronze that lasts forever. People generally just have no concept of how quickly the earth takes things back even where it is dry.
There were other techniques as well that have simply been lost to humanity.
I have been pretty upfront in the past. I 100% am certain there are humanoids that have technology and craft that is beyond ordinary human tech. That said, I am extremely thorough about ruling out other things or simply stating "neat story or neat pic, but it's unfortunately useless as far as evidence goes" when it isn't truly compelling or just too "useless".
Von Daniken is no worse than anyone else on the show, but he regularly has good theories and wants to look at things from alternative angles, but he simply doesn't have the expertise and level-headedness to not run to the finish line with every odd theory. If it's a structure, it surely aligned with some important star at some point in the past. Guess what. Any two points can be pulled from corners and features to point to just about anything at some point in time.
It's not that none of those things are true or that the theories are absolutely wrong, but that the evidence just isn't there to say that such and such was definitely looking at the Pleiades in 2700 BC. It could just as well have been an estate owner putting a bunch of big rocks around his driveway so drunk idiots didn't run their chariot through the fancy gardens.
The overwhelming majority of archaeological sites are human -- even the odd ones. The techniques they used are not always what "they" claim, and the time periods are often jumbled or even way off. That said, not everything is purely human-made.
My feeling is when disclosure happens, it won't actually matter any more. Aliens are being weeded out and in the future and will no longer be a part of this system.
(01-02-2024, 11:54 PM)Byrd Wrote: ...
You can't do that with granite stone pounders, copper chisels, shadoufs, and ramps.
My personal feeling is that tools other than stone/copper/bronze are just far more likely to disappear over time. Oxidation to nothing recognizable happens quickly with anything iron. Not to mention it would be far more valuable to reuse/recycle more advanced tool materials. The stuff that is left is the stone, copper, bronze that lasts forever. People generally just have no concept of how quickly the earth takes things back even where it is dry.
There were other techniques as well that have simply been lost to humanity.
