Posted 29 September 2011 - 05:22 PM
BiffWellington, on 29 September 2011 - 06:04 AM, said:
Every once in awhile that show will point out something interesting, but I don't think it gives mankind enough credit for it's own intelligence.
Ancient aliens thrive and this idea.
Except, it only really seems to apply to little brown people. They pretty much ignore anything in Europe.
Romans had
flame throwers.
While it's understandable if you read about how they generated the tech, the way Ancient Aliens produces their shows, who cares about context?
It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
-Terry Pratchett