Ancient Aliens is interesting precisely because it doesn't explicitly advocate Ancient Astronaut Theory. Sure, there's a lot of weasel-wording and implication,

Ancient Aliens is interesting precisely because it doesn't explicitly advocate Ancient Astronaut Theory. Sure, there's a lot of weasel-wording and implication, but they regularly go up to that line without ever crossing it. I think it ought to be required viewing in elementary schools: spot the point in each episode where they jump the shark. see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094214 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094214 EDIT: > the stars imply a sense of place and order that order changes every now and then; see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761574 (in conjunction with https://xkcd.com/3012/ https://xkcd.com/3012/ ?)