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Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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one piece of "evidence" some conspiracy believers cite to prove aliens is, roughly: a bunch of places around the world independently all built similar pyramid-like structures (egypt, machu picchu, etc.). so it must be aliens.

the fact that the easiest way to pile up a bunch of big rocks without it crumbling down is to have a wide base and a narrow top is seemingly forgotten.

Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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I can sympathise and understand why people don't believe this is within human capabilities. Look at how fractured the government and political systems of the west have become. Humans forget. We've forgotten how to build pyramids, we've forgotten the second world war and the lessons learned.

Are you for real?

Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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I can sympathise and understand why people don't believe this is within human capabilities. Look at how fractured the government and political systems of the west have become. Humans forget. We've forgotten how to build pyramids, we've forgotten the second world war and the lessons learned.

"The government sucks therefore aliens built the pyramids" has to be the line of thinking I sympathize the least with in the entire span of human opinions.

Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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I can sympathise and understand why people don't believe this is within human capabilities. Look at how fractured the government and political systems of the west have become. Humans forget. We've forgotten how to build pyramids, we've forgotten the second world war and the lessons learned.

Modern construction firms would have no problem^ planning and building you a pyramid if you were willing to pay for it.

^ well, maybe some problems like any project, but they would overcome them.

Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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Not saying it was Aline’s but it was aliens

Humans. The “aliens” do not like to leave overt signs of meddling. The glyphs of Peru had more to do with the off worlders. Such are how tribesmen “represented” their local identities to the sky peoples. In ancient times, the Greys did in fact visit primitive tribes peoples. They introduced themselves, chatted for a bit. The Hopi and other end of the world myths were instigated by these conversations. Without their i…

So it's a sci-fi short story? what reason would anyone have to believe this stuff?

Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Humans. The “aliens” do not like to leave overt signs of meddling. The glyphs of Peru had more to do with the off worlders. Such are how tribesmen “represented” their local identities to the sky peoples. In ancient times, the Greys did in fact visit primitive tribes peoples. They introduced themselves, chatted for a bit. The Hopi and other end of the world myths were instigated by these conversations. Without their i…

So it's a sci-fi short story? what reason would anyone have to believe this stuff?

What reason do people have to believe the Moses story?

Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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one piece of "evidence" some conspiracy believers cite to prove aliens is, roughly: a bunch of places around the world independently all built similar pyramid-like structures (egypt, machu picchu, etc.). so it must be aliens. the fact that the easiest way to pile up a bunch of big rocks without it crumbling down is to have a wide base and a narrow top is seemingly forgotten.

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Re: Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids

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Saying that aliens built them is as likely as claiming magic built them.

The Testament of Solomon indulges this craziness.

> the text describes how Solomon was enabled to build his temple by commanding demons by means of a magical ring that was entrusted to him by the archangel Michael.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_of_Solomon

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