https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o en-us 2022-03-14 01:55:26 UTC 2022-04-25 16:15:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f47d.png mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155650622 This is an episode of the series, "Ancient Aliens", a series claiming that extraterrestrial life were involved in early human civilization. Ancient Aliens recieves criticism for providing a platform for psuedoscientific practices, while spreading misinformation to a general audience who may have little education or experience in recognizing holes in the scientific method.

Here, the episode "Emperors, Kings, and Pharaohs" is analyzed. This episode uses the divine right of kings to justify the connection to extraterrestrial life. The divine right of kings is the belief that power is bestoyed by god to rulers, to which the documentary claims this to signify aliens. This is an element of many ancient socieities including Egypt, Medieval Europe, Ancient China, as well as the Russian Empire.

The program is narrated by a nameless narrator and host. They really only serve to connect the imagery, quotes, and facts presented in the program back to alien astronaut theory in a dramatic tone, with the choice of narrator have a typically recognizable voice type.]]> 2022-04-25 00:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155650622 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155681007 Here, the show begins to talk about the divine right of kings, with biblical symbols. Specifically, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is shown as well as detailing the symbolism some of the older language in the coronation ceremony. 

There is also a cut to an interview with an individual, David Wilcock, who enthusiastically points out the relationship between the Bible and British Monarchy.   This type of quick cut done in editing almost always is done to make the audience infer that the individual is an authority on this matter.  Here, his caption estabilishes his credibility on his book, "Source Field Investigations." With an amiguous title, an audience member may assume that they could be of multiple sciences and humanities who incorporate fields into their research models(gravitational physicists, biologists, anthropologists, or anything with "field work") Further research reveals this book is an alternative science and spirituality book that incorporates elements of popular science



https://divinecosmos.com/about-david/
https://www.amazon.com/Source-Field-Investigations-Civilizations-Prophecies/dp/1501280198#customerReviews]]> 2022-04-25 01:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155681007 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155706377 Here, a legitimate anthropologist, Tok Thomson Ph.D., is used as an expert. Dr.Thomson has some research related to extraterrestrial life, but only on the origins for its visual portrayal by human societies.(Article called "What Does it Mean to Be a Human? Green-Skinned Troublemakers and Us") In the show, explains divine right of kings in some details as well as emphasizes how it was deeply connected to religion. 

 However, he is only brought on after the narrator tries to draw a parallel between the divine and aliens. This is abusing his credibility. This is also different from the previous expert, David Wilcock because Dr.Thomson is an actual expert, but by incorporating many "experts" of varying credibility in a very short time, the viewer will have trouble distinguishing between credible and uncredible experts. This is a technique that is continued to be used by the show in the later cuts to "experts" including, Dr. Robert M.Schoch, who is also been accused of perpetuating the ancient astronaut claims by other archaeologists. Unfortunately, this becomes a common pattern throughout the show's runtime, and there are multiple instances of trustworthy academics presented before or after conspiracy theorists.
https://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1012737
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13110/narrcult.4.2.0185?seq=4
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/09/us/scholars-dispute-claim-that-sphinx-is-much-older.html

]]> 2022-04-25 01:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155706377 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155750420 A well known perpetuator of psuedoscience and by extension psuedoarchaeology, Giogio A.Tsuoukalos, is brought in as an expert. (Recognizable from the "Ancient Aliens" memes template)  Up to this point, the experts have kept their discussion of the divine right restricted exclusively to gods, but Tsuoukalos starts to raise the question of alien involvement. Tsuoukalos uses stories of Ramses who was mysteriously in contact with "sky guardians" to indirectly suggest that aliens may have been a more realistic option. These claims are then outright stated by another "expert", David Childress. Upon further research, Childress has incomplete education in the field of anthropology and is regarded by academics like Patrick D. Nunn as a peddler of psuedoscience to the easily exploited uninformed. (See Vanished Islands And Hidden Continents Of The Pacific)

Issues with the claims made include that there is no evidence presented to conclude that Ramses' stories are legitimate as is the nature with religion and myth.



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https://www.linkedin.com/in/legendarytimes/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ancient-aliens]]> 2022-04-25 02:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155750420 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155802519 Here, an animation adds more scientific imagery to establish more credibility, interest, as well as mystery. This shows how the main priority in this program is entertainment and not the dissemination of factual information to a general audience.  At this time in the show, they are talking about the "otherworldly powers" of the Ancient China Emperor, Shi Haungdi, infamously known for his burial with the terracotta warriors. These supposed powers are bestowed by the heavens as the more legitimate experts again detail the divine right of kings. 

However, Tsuoukalos returns to claim that a myth of Shi Haungdi falling from the sky to rule China as well as his returns to the stars as evidence that he may be connected to extraterrestrial life. ]]> 2022-04-25 02:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155802519 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155826559 Here, we have a depiction An average viewer may assume this to be a scienfic computer simulation or animation of a real event, but with no evidence to back this up, it is more likely playing into the public's interest in science fiction as well as providing visuals to make it feel more cinematic. 

Here, with interest at a peak, another expert, Jason Martell, is introduced. "This to me sounds like the description of some type of UFO encounter" Martell states, but upon further research, there is nothing to prove that Martell has any publications or research on this subject. Martell claims to  have formed multiple tech companies on his Linkedin and IMDB, but upon search, there is no evidence to suggest the Martell is a part of any of the existing companies he claims, including a recent company, Blast. However, nowhere in their description is there any mention of Martell]]> 2022-04-25 03:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155826559 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155841105 Although this has been done throughout most of the program, most of the claims follow a similar structure: recalling folklore or myths, explaining the divinity involved, then suggesting or theorizing the symbolism of divinity for extraterrestrial life

In this example, ancient Japanese artifacts are depicted as gifts from the gods, but it is later questioned "whether these artifacts are extraterrestrial technology" with no further evidence as to why they may be besides the mythology. By the end of this section on Ancient East Asia, questions are also asked but it is left on a dramatic cliffhanger that the answers to these questions will need answered with another society study. However, if the analysis of societies are all done similarly, no conclusions or information is drawn from any of them. Another examples is the Buddhist folklore of Ashoka being politically influenced by extraterrestrial beings. Most of the time, these are real folklore stories presented with radical ideas presented with statements that provide no evidence for the validity of ancient astronaut theory.]]> 2022-04-25 03:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155841105 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155851990 Further research on his website reveals that they are a practicioner of mysticism. Most of his biography is driven by personal anecdotes, and his education is only up to an undergraduate degree in psychology, unrelated to the topic he talking over in the documentary.  The themes of his biography is also appeals anti-intellectualism with claims of completing a "Master's equivalent" with an internship at a suicide hotline as well as reading a large volume of metaphysical books and internet article with no personal research publishings concluding his findings. This mockery of higher education demonstrates unprofessionalism and further demonstrates his lack of credibility.]]> 2022-04-25 03:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155851990 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155855122 Tsuoukalos' website for his magazine, Legendary Times, shows that there is a larger focus on delivering their information to a general audience rather than presenting legitimate information. What little can be found from the site shows that it is one page of mostly summary of what the company supposedly works on as well as a "contact us" window. The documentary uses this as his credibility in the caption for expertise, however, there is nothing to prove that he even has a publication of said magazine. 

Tsuoukalos also claims to have graduated from Ithaca College with a bachelor's in communications, but there was no record of this besides older archives of his website as well as well as his Linkedin Page. Furthermore, Tsuoukalos has no research publications in peer-reviewed journals on any subject including anthropology and human relationships to extraterrestrial life to be found.]]> 2022-04-25 03:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155855122 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155879098 At this point, the show suggests that the monarchs of Great Britain are descendents of extraterrestrials being. This is again done by drawing the same parallel between gods and aliens. Here, they use the folklore of Woden riding an eight-legged flying horse to symbolize a spaceship, while also drawing on the earlier incest of earlier dynasties. Claims were made that Queen Elizabeth II bloodline runs back to Woden, but it is unlikely the recorded history will could trace lineage that easily. The same claim is made with Ghengis Khan folklore with nothing further to back this claim.  Unlike previous claims, they also mention how this claim is accepted by mainstream many scholars but fail to mention or include these credible scholars are.]]> 2022-04-25 04:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155879098 mvr5327 https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155904336 The show uses a reseach paper published on whether genetics may play a role in leadership. While the research concluded that leadership may be correlated by use of classical twins study, Ancient Aliens used the results of this research to claim that these genetics came both from evolution as well as early extraterrestrials. This tactic is especially useful to manipulate someone not well informed in science but who may believe in science. These individuals may have trouble recognizing when a claim such as the one described can be taken as fact given the results of earlier research.]]> 2022-04-25 04:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mvr5327/3i1zta4660c0l11o/wish/2155904336