I just finished watching the whole (free) three-hour Ancient Aliens Debunked movie on YouTube. Took me quite a while, as it's hard to find three hours of free time. But it was worth the here-and-there effort. I'm not going to write a full review, just share...
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Giorgio Tsoukalos and Elephant Men
Check out Jason Colavito's post on the elephant god Ganesha. Giorgio Tsoukalos thinks he was an actual alien UFO pilot. Really, do you need to know any more than that? Was Gamera a real alien, too?
UFO Battle Over Nuremberg in 1561?
Jason Colavito has a worthwhile post on this infamous "proof" for UFO visitation. The whole idea of a "UFO Battle" derives from the woodcutting shown here (courtesy of Wikimedia commons). Jason's post tells you a few things about the origins of the woodcut that the...
Modern Mythology of the Precession of the Equinoxes
I'd like to alert PaleoBabble readers to Jason Colavito's series on the modern myth of precession. Here are the first and second posts. For those to whom the term "precession" is new, as Jason notes, it is the idea that our lives are controlled by the mechanical...
Ancient Astro-Nuttiness, Al-Maqrizi, and Giorgio Tsoukalos’ Pseudo-Research
Jason Colavito has called Giorgio Tsoukalos' bluff -- precisely what needs to be done to all ancient astronaut BSers. The research they produce is impressive only to non-specialists and those who never check their work. It's pure paleobabble. Here's the introductory...
Review of Ancient Aliens Debunked
Jason Colavito recently posted this positive review of the 3-hour documentary. I haven't watched it yet, even though I'm in it. It's hard for me to find three hours to do anything. I'll get to it eventually, likely in bits.
Jason Colavito on the Serial Self-Plagiarism of David Hatcher Childress
Jason Colavito has been slogging through some of "research" of ancient astronaut enthusiast David Hatcher Childress with the goal toward demonstrating how Childress has gamed his gullible audience by re-publishing his own material for a quick buck. A nice system for...
Easter Island, Gobekli Tepe, and Robert Schoch
Kudos are once again in order for Jason Colavito's seemingly boundless enthusiasm for exposing poor thinking (having a PhD doesn't mean someone thinks well ... boy could I tell stories). Anyway, Jason recently wrote the two essays that follow. They are in regard to...
Jason Colavito Blogging Through Erich von Daniken’s Latest Testament to Ancient Astronaut Nonsense
Someone should give Jason a medal. He's actually six chapters into his review. You can read the series here: Reviewing EVD's "Twilight of the Gods" (Pt. 1) Reviewing EVD's "Twilight of the Gods" (Pt. 2) Reviewing EVD's "Twilight of the Gods" (Pt. 3) Reviewing EVD's...
David Hatcher Childress: A Survey of His Self- Contradictions
I wanted to draw readers' attention to this post by Jason Colavito. It documents the "confusion" of Hatcher-Childress on whether he believes in ancient aliens or not. Is it confusion, or opportunism?
A Case of Credential Envy?
I just read a short but telling post by Jason Colavito on the blog that bears his name entitled, "The Dubious Authorial Accomplishments of Gorgio Tsoukalos." Gorgio is the star of the cinematic tribute to non sequitur thinking known as Ancient Aliens. Jason examines...