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There is also this implicit form of -ism built into it, in that certain groups of people were "obviously" less intelligent so it is unlikely they could ever bui

There is also this implicit form of -ism built into it, in that certain groups of people were "obviously" less intelligent so it is unlikely they could ever build something magnificent or intellectually obscure. Whether it is a belief that aliens must have built Mayan or Egyptian Pyramids because of a bias that they were dumb savages, or whether it is dismissal of alternate forms of successful government and social organization in "uncultured" parts of the world. It is easier to assume something like "this mechanism shouldn't exist" if you (general "you") think a group of people are already beneath you due to your implicit biases.

PostOnce 5y ago
nobody thinks Einstein was beneath us because he didn't have an iPhone if something "shouldn't exist" in a time period it has nothing to do with judging those people as inferiors, its simply the timeline of the development of technology (or our misconception thereof)
- darcys22 5y ago
  Einstein is a bad example cause he was very recent also.
- SavantIdiot 5y ago
  For those of us who study culture, this is absolutely a thing. Its called pseudoarchaeology and it has always been very popular with White Supremacists. https://entangledstates.org/2021/10/05/the-connection-between-ancient-aliens-and-white-supremacy/ https://entangledstates.org/2021/10/05/the-connection-betwee... https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/pseudoarchaeology-racism/ https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/pseudoarchaeology-racism... https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-racism-behind-ancient-aliens/ https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-r... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.364.6436.110 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.364.6436.110 Also, Even today white supremacists think Einstein was a fraud: https://christiansfortruth.com/albert-einstein-plagiarist-and-fraud/ https://christiansfortruth.com/albert-einstein-plagiarist-an... But that is harder to believe than "Dumb Egyptians couldn't make pyramids, so aliens did it..."
darcys22 5y ago
This is a very interesting thought to explore! We have this cultural default to assume that people back then were less smart than us. But we really are exactly the same but we have a better starting point then they did to build interesting things.

PostOnce 5y ago

nobody thinks Einstein was beneath us because he didn't have an iPhone if something "shouldn't exist" in a time period it has nothing to do with judging those people as inferiors, its simply the timeline of the development of technology (or our misconception thereof)

darcys22 5y ago
Einstein is a bad example cause he was very recent also.
SavantIdiot 5y ago
For those of us who study culture, this is absolutely a thing. Its called pseudoarchaeology and it has always been very popular with White Supremacists. https://entangledstates.org/2021/10/05/the-connection-between-ancient-aliens-and-white-supremacy/ https://entangledstates.org/2021/10/05/the-connection-betwee... https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/pseudoarchaeology-racism/ https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/pseudoarchaeology-racism... https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-racism-behind-ancient-aliens/ https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-r... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.364.6436.110 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.364.6436.110 Also, Even today white supremacists think Einstein was a fraud: https://christiansfortruth.com/albert-einstein-plagiarist-and-fraud/ https://christiansfortruth.com/albert-einstein-plagiarist-an... But that is harder to believe than "Dumb Egyptians couldn't make pyramids, so aliens did it..."

darcys22 5y ago

This is a very interesting thought to explore! We have this cultural default to assume that people back then were less smart than us. But we really are exactly the same but we have a better starting point then they did to build interesting things.