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<blockquote data-quote="questor70" data-source="post: 959398" data-attributes="member: 12560">I am entertained by the ancient aliens or lost-civilization narratives (in sort of a late-night ghost story sort of way) but in the end I don't buy into them.There is a high associated with discovery.&nbsp; It's a feeling that's quite addictive.&nbsp; I think these narratives provide this endless tantalizing itch that can never be fully scratched because history is so sketchy before the dawn of writing, and even after, things are open to so much interpretation.It's the fog of history that facilitates conjecture and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-Knowledge/dp/0190469412" target="_blank">the internet allows us to cherry-pick our chosen &quot;experts&quot; and ignore skeptics.</a>Remember that at the end of the day it really doesn't matter whether there was an Atlantis or humans are the product of alien genetic engineering.&nbsp; We all have to get up each day, go to work, pay bills, and wrestle with a world that is increasingly hostile to straight men.&nbsp; It's fun to daydream about this stuff but that's all it really amounts to, a form of escapism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="questor70, post: 959398, member: 12560"] I am entertained by the ancient aliens or lost-civilization narratives (in sort of a late-night ghost story sort of way) but in the end I don't buy into them. There is a high associated with discovery. It's a feeling that's quite addictive. I think these narratives provide this endless tantalizing itch that can never be fully scratched because history is so sketchy before the dawn of writing, and even after, things are open to so much interpretation. It's the fog of history that facilitates conjecture and [url=https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-Knowledge/dp/0190469412]the internet allows us to cherry-pick our chosen "experts" and ignore skeptics.[/url] Remember that at the end of the day it really doesn't matter whether there was an Atlantis or humans are the product of alien genetic engineering. We all have to get up each day, go to work, pay bills, and wrestle with a world that is increasingly hostile to straight men. It's fun to daydream about this stuff but that's all it really amounts to, a form of escapism. [/QUOTE]

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